Big Hill VIC 3555

Living Here

Big Hill is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 281 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,771 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Big Hill Primary School
  • Bendigo Special Developmental School
  • Weeroona College Bendigo BFLO Campus
  • St Monica's Primary School
  • Crusoe College
• 3 supermarkets

  • NQR
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
• 1 park

  • Jerribong Way Reserve
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Monica's Church
  • St Joseph's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Priceline Pharmacy
• 5 hospitals

  • Bendigo Day Surgery
  • St John of God Bendigo Hospital
  • Anne Caudle Campus
  • Emergency Department
  • Bendigo Health
• 1 vet

  • Kangaroo Flat Veterinary Clinic
• 1 library

  • Kangaroo Flat Library
• 2 service stations

  • Caltex
  • BP
• 1 gym

  • Derrimut 24:7 Gym - Bendigo
• 2 golf clubs

  • Belvoir Park Golf Course
  • Quarry Hill Golf Course
• 1 bakery

  • Muffin Break
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • Mycar
• 4 places to stay

  • A-Line Holiday Village
  • Bendigo Motor Inn
  • Homestead Motor Inn
  • Elm Motel

Getting around. Train station: Kangaroo Flat, 4.4 km north · Bus interchange: Bendigo Station/Railway Pl, 8.5 km north-east · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 13.4 km north-east.

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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: 70.1% 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 2.3% · Labour-force participation 62.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

43,515 bird observations recorded near Big Hill — most often seen:

• Superb Fairy-wren (2,173)
• Red Wattlebird (2,092)
• Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (2,012)
• Eurasian Coot (2,002)
• Eastern Rosella (1,940)
• Australian Magpie (1,889)
• Galah (1,822)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (1,782)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,759)
• Welcome Swallow (1,555)
• Magpie-lark (1,537)
• Noisy Miner (1,500)
• Spotted Pardalote (1,356)

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 Big Hill:

• Kangaroo Flat (3.6 km)
• Mandurang South (4.1 km)
• Mandurang (5.5 km)
• Golden Gully (5.8 km)
• Ravenswood (5.9 km)
• Spring Gully (6 km)
• Golden Square (6.8 km)
• Lockwood (7.5 km)

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