Beenak VIC 3139
30 addresses · 6 streets
Casey Electorate › Yarra Ranges LGA › Beenak · 59 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Beenak is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 17 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 50% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Maltese, Ancestry NS. 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 Yarra Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Beenak itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 47.4 km 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: 84.5% 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 | 84.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 94.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 14.3% · Labour-force participation 46.7%
Population by age in Beenak
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Beenak
| House | 7 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Beenak
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Beenak
| Australian | 7 |
|---|---|
| Maltese | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Beenak
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Beenak
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Beenak
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,442 bird observations recorded near Beenak — most often seen:
- Eastern Yellow Robin (381)
- Superb Fairy-wren (363)
- Grey Fantail (343)
- Laughing Kookaburra (315)
- Brown Thornbill (308)
- White-throated Treecreeper (308)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (290)
- Crimson Rosella (287)
- White-browed Scrubwren (249)
- Eastern Spinebill (239)
- Striated Thornbill (223)
- White-naped Honeyeater (222)
- Eurasian Blackbird (202)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Beenak
- Common Bronzewing (194)
- Australian Magpie (191)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (189)
- Spotted Pardalote (178)
- Pied Currawong (174)
- Red Wattlebird (168)
- Superb Lyrebird (168)
- Rufous Whistler (163)
- Bell Miner (154)
- Golden Whistler (152)
- Eastern Whipbird (151)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (148)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (144)
- Eastern Rosella (140)
- Silvereye (138)
- Red-browed Finch (131)
- Magpie-lark (129)
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 Beenak:
- Hoddles Creek (7.2 km)
- Gladysdale (7.5 km)
- Three Bridges (8.1 km)
- Nangana (8.7 km)
- Gembrook (8.9 km)
- Gilderoy (9.1 km)
- Powelltown (11.2 km)
- Yellingbo (11.7 km)
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Streets
- Beenak Road (6)
- East Beenak Road (7)
- Gembrook-launching Place Road (1)
- Hakea Road (4)
- Hunters Road (5)
- Soldiers Road (7)
