Avonsleigh VIC 3782

Living Here

Avonsleigh is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 844 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,055 a week, with median rent near $356 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $717,500.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Emerald - Cockatoo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Avonsleigh itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Emerald Secondary College
  • Cockatoo Primary School
  • Macclesfield Primary School
  • Emerald Primary School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • The Railay Café
  • Brunch on McBride
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 8 parks

  • Dunstan Road Reserve
  • Belgrave-Gembrook Road Linear Reserve
  • First Avenue Reserve
  • Emerald Lake Park
  • Mountain Road Recreation Reserve
  • Emerald Close Reserve
  • Cockatoo Recreation Reserve
  • Nobelius Heritage Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Roman Catholic Chapel
• 1 medical clinic

  • Cockatoo Family Medical Practice
• 1 dentist

  • Cockatoo Dental
• 1 hospital

  • Angliss Hospital
• 2 vets

  • Elite Equine Veterinarians
  • Emerald Veterinary Clinic
• 3 childcare & kindergartens

  • Avonsleigh Preschool
  • Cockatoo Kindergarten
  • Cockatoo Community Childcare
• 1 library

  • Emerald Library
• 2 post offices

  • Cockatoo Post Office
  • Emerald Post Shop
• 1 service station

  • Coles Express
• 1 golf club

  • Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links
• 1 butcher

  • Emerald Village Meats
• 2 hardware stores

  • Mitre 10
  • Emerald Hire
• 2 hairdressers

  • Melissa Jane Hairdressing
  • Top Hedz
• 1 place to stay

  • Eagle Hammer

Getting around. Train station: Belgrave, 10.7 km west · Railway halt: Wright, 1.4 km south-west · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 33.8 km west.

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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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 37.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 66.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

16,422 bird observations recorded near Avonsleigh — most often seen:

• Crimson Rosella (1,004)
• Eurasian Blackbird (929)
• Brown Thornbill (925)
• Laughing Kookaburra (854)
• Grey Fantail (800)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (712)
• Australian Magpie (695)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (685)
• Superb Fairy-wren (635)
• Red Wattlebird (620)
• Eastern Spinebill (614)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (545)
• Helmeted Honeyeater (538)

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 Avonsleigh:

• Cockatoo (2.6 km)
• Emerald (2.8 km)
• Macclesfield (3.9 km)
• Clematis (5.2 km)
• Nangana (6.4 km)
• Menzies Creek (6.5 km)
• Dewhurst (7 km)
• Mount Burnett (7 km)

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