Axe Creek VIC 3551
206 addresses · 25 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Greater Bendigo LGA › Axe Creek · 118 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Axe Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 452 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,230 a week, with median rent near $270 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 Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bendigo Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Axe Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Bendigo Airport, 14.2 km north-west.
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: 23.8% 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 | 23.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 37.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 67.6%
Population by age in Axe Creek
| 0-4 | 21 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 69 |
| 15-19 | 52 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 53 |
| 45-54 | 77 |
| 55-64 | 67 |
| 65-74 | 48 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Axe Creek
| House | 142 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Axe Creek
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 43 |
| $3,000+ | 39 |
Top ancestries in Axe Creek
| Australian | 223 |
|---|---|
| English | 189 |
| Irish | 83 |
| Scottish | 54 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
Housing tenure in Axe Creek
| Owned | 58 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 70 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Axe Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 46 |
| 3 | 37 |
| 4+ | 34 |
Commute to work in Axe Creek
| Car | 163 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 44 |
Top countries of birth in Axe Creek
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 |
Languages used at home in Axe Creek
| Greek | 8 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,672 bird observations recorded near Axe Creek — most often seen:
- Red Wattlebird (530)
- Australian Magpie (515)
- Noisy Miner (469)
- Eastern Rosella (441)
- Galah (431)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (386)
- Superb Fairy-wren (368)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (329)
- Little Raven (310)
- Weebill (309)
- White-winged Chough (300)
- Magpie-lark (298)
- Striated Pardalote (286)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Axe Creek
- Willie Wagtail (285)
- Welcome Swallow (262)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (258)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (230)
- Common Bronzewing (223)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (219)
- Australian Raven (216)
- Crested Pigeon (211)
- Spotted Pardalote (209)
- White-throated Treecreeper (208)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (207)
- Grey Fantail (206)
- Long-billed Corella (199)
- Red-rumped Parrot (195)
- Common Myna (194)
- Australian Wood Duck (193)
- Grey Butcherbird (185)
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 Axe Creek:
- Emu Creek (3.8 km)
- Strathfieldsaye (6.3 km)
- Eppalock (6.5 km)
- Sedgwick (7.8 km)
- Mandurang (8.5 km)
- Myrtle Creek (8.9 km)
- Longlea (9.4 km)
- Junortoun (9.4 km)
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Streets
- Abbotts Road (2)
- Axe Creek Road (48)
- Castles Road (5)
- Curtis Road (2)
- Emu Creek Road (1)
- Frawley Lane (1)
- George Terrace (4)
- Gleesons Road (21)
- Haines Lane (5)
- Hildebrandt Rise (6)
- Hilderbrant Rise (6)
- Houlahans Road (5)
- Mannes Lane (11)
- Myrtle Creek Road (7)
- Oconnell Drive (1)
- Patons Road (29)
- Red Box Drive (8)
- Salau Road (2)
- Steens Road (13)
- Strathfieldsaye Road (9)
- Tolhurst Road (2)
- Trent Court (4)
- Tua Court (5)
- Whitney Road (8)
- Winshire Court (1)
