Axedale VIC 3551
513 addresses · 50 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Greater Bendigo LGA › Axedale · 122 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Axedale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 984 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,933 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Heathcote statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Axedale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Bendigo Airport, 16.3 km west.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Axedale.
- Axedale Golf Club Golf, Tennis (Outdoor)
- Axedale Skate Park BMX, Skating
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: 19.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 19.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 32.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 65.8%
Population by age in Axedale
| 0-4 | 75 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 159 |
| 15-19 | 40 |
| 20-24 | 32 |
| 25-34 | 138 |
| 35-44 | 112 |
| 45-54 | 123 |
| 55-64 | 128 |
| 65-74 | 118 |
| 75-84 | 41 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Axedale
| House | 316 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Axedale
| <$650 | 38 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 85 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 108 |
| $3,000+ | 69 |
Top ancestries in Axedale
| Australian | 422 |
|---|---|
| English | 400 |
| Irish | 152 |
| Scottish | 147 |
| Ancestry NS | 89 |
| German | 50 |
Housing tenure in Axedale
| Owned | 122 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 168 |
| Rented | 22 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Axedale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 61 |
| 2 | 129 |
| 3 | 74 |
| 4+ | 54 |
Commute to work in Axedale
| Car | 330 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 66 |
Top countries of birth in Axedale
| England | 24 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| United States | 5 |
| Italy | 3 |
Languages used at home in Axedale
| French | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,845 bird observations recorded near Axedale — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (677)
- Galah (637)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (570)
- Red Wattlebird (536)
- Superb Fairy-wren (536)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (508)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (478)
- Little Raven (470)
- Long-billed Corella (470)
- Eastern Rosella (437)
- Striated Pardalote (418)
- Welcome Swallow (334)
- Laughing Kookaburra (332)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Axedale
- Brown Treecreeper (323)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (302)
- Willie Wagtail (300)
- Australian Wood Duck (297)
- White-winged Chough (296)
- New Holland Honeyeater (270)
- Weebill (270)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (263)
- Crimson Rosella (261)
- Red-rumped Parrot (257)
- Crested Pigeon (250)
- Noisy Miner (234)
- Australian Raven (233)
- Spotted Pardalote (226)
- Dusky Moorhen (223)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (222)
- Grey Fantail (215)
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 Axedale:
- Longlea (6.7 km)
- Eppalock (8 km)
- Fosterville (9 km)
- Knowsley (10.1 km)
- Muskerry (12 km)
- Axe Creek (13.1 km)
- Junortoun (13.4 km)
- Strathfieldsaye (13.7 km)
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Streets
- Axedale Quarry Road (1)
- Axedale-crosbie Road (1)
- Axedale-goornong Road (39)
- Axedale-toolleen Road (11)
- Backhaus Road (4)
- Bill Mollison Drive (15)
- Bluestone Rise (21)
- Brownes Lane (13)
- Burns Street (15)
- Campaspe Drive (8)
- Cemetery Road (6)
- Crowes Road (9)
- Drake Street (2)
- Dwyer Lane (1)
- Eastwood Court (3)
- Eddington Street (15)
- Ellesmere Drive (6)
- Emerald Hill Drive (5)
- Enright Road (1)
- Giris Road (12)
- Hannon Place (1)
- Hawkins Lane (16)
- Henry Lane (2)
- Hickey Road (1)
- Huntly-fosterville Road (1)
- Ingham Road (3)
- Kimbolton-axedale Road (11)
- Knowsley-barnadown Road (14)
- Lynch Lane (12)
- Mcivor Highway (55)
- Millington Street (1)
- Mills Road (1)
- Minter Lane (2)
- Mitchell Street (22)
- Northwood Court (6)
- Obriens Lane (9)
- Paddys Lane (6)
- Pechell Street (1)
- Pinpandoor Road (6)
- Raglan Place E (20)
- Raglan Place W (12)
- Raglan Street (6)
- Raines Street (8)
- Ralstons Lane (11)
- Russells Bridge Road (2)
- Shadforth Street (24)
- Sheeprun Drive (1)
- Sugarloaf Road (44)
- Taig Road (8)
- William Street (19)
