Benalla VIC 3672

Living Here

Benalla is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 10,822 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,142 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $440,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

  • St Joseph's Primary School
  • FCJ College
  • Wodonga Senior Secondary College Benalla Flexible Learning Centre
  • Benalla P-12 College Clarke Campus
  • Benalla P-12 College Faithfull Campus
  • Australian Christian College (Hume Campus)
  • Benalla P-12 College Avon Campus
  • Benalla P-12 College Waller Campus
  • Australian Christian College Hume
• 7 cafés & restaurants

  • The Merchant
  • Thai Food
  • Noodle Mas
  • Main Street Cafe
  • Stella Stella
  • Hollywood Cafe
  • Villa Thai
• 3 supermarkets

  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • Aldi
• 5 parks

  • Benalla Botanical Gardens
  • Taungurong Park
  • UFS Sports Reserve
  • MacKellar Reserve
  • Waminda Park
• 2 pharmacies

  • TerryWhite Chemmart
  • Chemist Warehouse
• 1 hospital

  • Benalla and District Memorial Hospital
• 2 vets

  • Rose City Vets
  • Barkly Street Vets
• 1 post office

  • Benalla Post Office
• 7 service stations

  • Shell
  • Caltex
  • Liberty
  • Metro
  • Caltex
  • Liberty
  • Midland Independent
• 3 gyms & sports centres

  • Benalla Aquatic Centre
  • Benalla Bowls Club
  • Basketball Centre
• 2 golf clubs

  • Benalla Golf Club
  • Golden Vale Golf Course
• 2 playgrounds

  • The Rocket Playground
  • Benalla Splash Park
• 2 bakeries

  • Bertalli
  • Micrenz Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • Beatons Meats
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10 Home & Trade
• 2 mechanics

  • The gas garage
  • Beaurepaires

Getting around. Airport: Benalla Airport, 2.1 km east.

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Sport & Recreation

11 facilities recorded in Benalla, the first 10 below.

• Benalla Aquatic Centre Aerobics, Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts, Swimming
• Benalla Bowls Club Lawn Bowls
• Benalla Gardens Oval Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Benalla Golf Club Golf
• Benalla Lawn Tennis Club Tennis (Outdoor)
• Benalla Showgrounds Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
• Benalla Sports and Equestrian Reserve Baseball, Cricket, Equestrian
• Churchill Reserve Athletics, Hockey, Netball, Soccer
• Golden Vale Golf Club Golf
• Moira Benalla Bowls Club Lawn Bowls

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: 9.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 49.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

13,859 bird observations recorded near Benalla — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (792)
• Magpie-lark (709)
• Australian Wood Duck (676)
• Red Wattlebird (630)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (622)
• Superb Fairy-wren (595)
• Galah (589)
• Pacific Black Duck (584)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (577)
• Eurasian Blackbird (555)
• Eastern Rosella (551)
• Little Raven (547)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (489)

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 Benalla:

• Tarnook (9.8 km)
• Winton (10.5 km)
• Goomalibee (10.8 km)
• Baddaginnie (11.4 km)
• Lurg (13.4 km)
• Winton North (14.8 km)
• Broken Creek (15 km)
• Goorambat (15.9 km)

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