Barkstead VIC 3364
24 addresses · 4 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Moorabool LGA › Barkstead · 87 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Barkstead is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 41 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,749 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gordon (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barkstead itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 gym
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: 94.3% 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 | 94.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 99.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 64.9%
Population by age in Barkstead
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Barkstead
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Barkstead
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Barkstead
| English | 17 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 14 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Dutch | 4 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Barkstead
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Barkstead
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Barkstead
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,780 bird observations recorded near Barkstead — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (135)
- White-throated Treecreeper (127)
- Brown Thornbill (109)
- Crimson Rosella (109)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (105)
- Grey Fantail (100)
- White-browed Scrubwren (97)
- Striated Thornbill (85)
- Spotted Pardalote (75)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (65)
- Grey Currawong (63)
- White-naped Honeyeater (60)
- Laughing Kookaburra (59)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Barkstead
- Australian Magpie (56)
- Little Raven (54)
- Rufous Whistler (51)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (41)
- White-eared Honeyeater (40)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (36)
- Golden Whistler (35)
- Pied Currawong (33)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (31)
- Red Wattlebird (30)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (29)
- Eurasian Blackbird (27)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (27)
- House Sparrow (26)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (26)
- Welcome Swallow (25)
- Australian Wood Duck (24)
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 Barkstead:
- Mollongghip (4.2 km)
- Korweinguboora (4.7 km)
- Rocklyn (4.8 km)
- Leonards Hill (5.5 km)
- Langdons Hill (5.6 km)
- Spargo Creek (5.8 km)
- Bolwarrah (6.5 km)
- Springbank (7.1 km)
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Streets
- Andersons Road (4)
- Barkstead Road (17)
- Cowans Lane (2)
- Mccarthy Road (1)