Alma VIC 3465
129 addresses · 14 streets
Mallee Electorate › Central Goldfields LGA › Alma · 143 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Alma is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 195 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Maryborough Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alma itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 library
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
4 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Maryborough, 5.7 km south-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 25.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 25.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 37.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Alma
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 43 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 29 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Alma
| House | 71 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Alma
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 27 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Alma
| English | 104 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 59 |
| Irish | 36 |
| Scottish | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
| Italian | 11 |
Housing tenure in Alma
| Owned | 42 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 22 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Alma
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Alma
| Car | 62 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Alma
| England | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,239 bird observations recorded near Alma — most often seen:
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (180)
- Red Wattlebird (164)
- Diamond Firetail (99)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (93)
- Eastern Weebill (92)
- Weebill (87)
- Australian Magpie (86)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (85)
- Spotted Pardalote (78)
- Western Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (78)
- South Australian Buff-rumped Thornbill (75)
- South-eastern Brown-headed Honeyeater (73)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (68)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Alma
- South-east Eastern Rosella (68)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (66)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (64)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (63)
- Eastern Rosella (61)
- White-throated Treecreeper (60)
- Eastern Australian Raven (59)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (58)
- Galah (58)
- Musk Lorikeet (58)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (55)
- Striated Pardalote (54)
- South-eastern Grey Currawong (53)
- Eastern White-winged Chough (52)
- Grey Currawong (51)
- White-winged Chough (51)
- Australian Raven (50)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Alma:
- Moonlight Flat (2.3 km)
- Bowenvale (4 km)
- Maryborough (5.2 km)
- Adelaide Lead (5.7 km)
- Timor (7 km)
- Wareek (7.1 km)
- Timor West (7.5 km)
- Simson (8.6 km)
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Streets
- Adelaide Lead-alma Road (15)
- Alma-bowenvale Road (9)
- Alma-moonlight Road (15)
- Andersons Road (3)
- Bartletts Lane (1)
- Dillon Court (12)
- Hall Road (6)
- Harkin Court (10)
- Logan Road (10)
- Maryborough-st Arnaud Road (27)
- Mole Road (10)
- Thompsons Road (3)
- Tipperary Lane (5)
- Walkers Road (3)
