Arthurs Creek VIC 3099
221 addresses · 17 streets
McEwen Electorate › Nillumbik LGA › Arthurs Creek · 35 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Arthurs Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 478 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $2,214 a week, with median rent near $218 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Panton Hill - St Andrews statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Arthurs Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Mernda, 10 km west · Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 32.1 km south-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Arthurs Creek.
- Arthurs Creek Oval Cricket
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: 12.5% 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 | 12.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 62.6%
Population by age in Arthurs Creek
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 44 |
| 15-19 | 29 |
| 20-24 | 34 |
| 25-34 | 32 |
| 35-44 | 36 |
| 45-54 | 63 |
| 55-64 | 93 |
| 65-74 | 76 |
| 75-84 | 41 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Arthurs Creek
| House | 156 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Arthurs Creek
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 40 |
| $3,000+ | 49 |
Top ancestries in Arthurs Creek
| English | 232 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 197 |
| Scottish | 47 |
| Irish | 40 |
| Ancestry NS | 29 |
| Other | 24 |
Housing tenure in Arthurs Creek
| Owned | 80 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 54 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Arthurs Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 35 |
| 3 | 43 |
| 4+ | 57 |
Commute to work in Arthurs Creek
| Car | 141 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 64 |
Top countries of birth in Arthurs Creek
| England | 19 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 |
| China | 4 |
| Malaysia | 3 |
Languages used at home in Arthurs Creek
| Mandarin | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,127 bird observations recorded near Arthurs Creek — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (504)
- Eurasian Blackbird (484)
- Little Raven (463)
- Superb Fairy-wren (386)
- Grey Fantail (373)
- Red Wattlebird (356)
- Eastern Rosella (335)
- Crimson Rosella (323)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (317)
- Brown Thornbill (312)
- Magpie-lark (312)
- Laughing Kookaburra (301)
- Spotted Pardalote (298)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Arthurs Creek
- Welcome Swallow (297)
- Australian Wood Duck (290)
- Common Myna (283)
- Common Starling (276)
- Noisy Miner (272)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (268)
- Grey Butcherbird (262)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (253)
- White-browed Scrubwren (252)
- Galah (247)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (244)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (243)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (240)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (239)
- Willie Wagtail (237)
- Striated Pardalote (232)
- Pacific Black Duck (228)
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 Arthurs Creek:
- Nutfield (4.2 km)
- Cottles Bridge (4.5 km)
- Strathewen (6.4 km)
- St Andrews (7.2 km)
- Hurstbridge (7.6 km)
- Doreen (7.8 km)
- Yan Yean (8 km)
- Humevale (8.5 km)
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Streets
- Arthurs Creek Road (37)
- Brennans Road E (13)
- Brennans Road W (3)
- Cottles Bridge-strathewen Road (24)
- Deep Creek Road (30)
- Eagles Nest Road (20)
- Greens Road (8)
- Harrys Road (3)
- Hewitts Road (1)
- Hildebrand Road (1)
- Hurstbridge-arthurs Creek Road (23)
- Matheis Road (6)
- Minchins Road (9)
- Nankervis Road (7)
- Running Creek Road (26)
- Shaws Road (3)
- Thomas Road (7)
