Betley VIC 3472
66 addresses · 12 streets
Mallee Electorate › Central Goldfields LGA › Betley · 144 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Betley is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 101 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $780 a week, with median rent near $193 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% 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.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Maryborough Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Betley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
2 golf clubs
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Bendigo Airport, 51.8 km north-east.
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: 13.6% 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 | 13.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.7% · Labour-force participation 36.9%
Population by age in Betley
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Betley
| House | 40 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Betley
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Betley
| English | 55 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 40 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in Betley
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Betley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Betley
| Car | 21 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Betley
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Cambodia | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Betley
| Khmer | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,067 bird observations recorded near Betley — most often seen:
- Red Wattlebird (178)
- Australian Magpie (172)
- Noisy Miner (153)
- Eastern Rosella (140)
- Swift Parrot (128)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (126)
- Striated Pardalote (121)
- White-winged Chough (120)
- Red-rumped Parrot (119)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (112)
- Willie Wagtail (108)
- Galah (106)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (105)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Betley
- Musk Lorikeet (105)
- Australian Raven (102)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (97)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (91)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (90)
- Superb Fairy-wren (85)
- Welcome Swallow (84)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (81)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (77)
- Weebill (75)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (73)
- Magpie-lark (73)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (73)
- Eastern Galah (70)
- Jacky Winter (69)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (68)
- Spotted Pardalote (66)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Bendigo-maryborough Road (1)
- Bet Bet Creek Road E (10)
- Bet Bet-betley Road (10)
- Betley Road (4)
- Carisbrook-betley Road (4)
- Howards Lane (1)
- Middle Bridge Road (5)
- Old Eddington Road (18)
- Peart Lane (2)
- Peart Road (3)
- Timbertop Road (4)
- Tucketts Road (4)
