Black Range VIC 3381
94 addresses · 21 streets
Mallee Electorate › Northern Grampians LGA › Black Range · 208 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Black Range is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 274 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,531 a week, with median rent near $200 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, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Stawell statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Black Range itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Stawell, 7.7 km north · Airport: Stawell Airport, 6.9 km north.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Black Range.
- Grange Golf Club Golf
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: 21.1% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 21.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 43.2%
Population by age in Black Range
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 44 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 60 |
| 65-74 | 44 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Black Range
| House | 61 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Black Range
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Black Range
| Australian | 91 |
|---|---|
| English | 89 |
| Ancestry NS | 79 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| German | 16 |
Housing tenure in Black Range
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Black Range
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Black Range
| Car | 73 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Black Range
| Samoa | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Black Range
| Arabic | 5 |
|---|---|
| Samoan | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,296 bird observations recorded near Black Range — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (86)
- Australian Magpie (72)
- New Holland Honeyeater (70)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (62)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (57)
- Red Wattlebird (56)
- Crimson Rosella (55)
- Long-billed Corella (53)
- White-browed Babbler (48)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (46)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (44)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (44)
- Red-browed Finch (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Black Range
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (38)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (38)
- Common Bronzewing (37)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (37)
- Little Raven (36)
- White-winged Chough (36)
- Brown Thornbill (34)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (34)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (33)
- Grey Currawong (31)
- Willie Wagtail (31)
- Australian Raven (30)
- Brown Treecreeper (30)
- Diamond Firetail (30)
- Striated Pardalote (30)
- White-throated Treecreeper (30)
- Galah (29)
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 Black Range:
- Bellellen (6.6 km)
- Stawell (7.8 km)
- Great Western (8 km)
- Illawarra (9.9 km)
- Rhymney (10.8 km)
- Lake Fyans (11.5 km)
- Concongella (11.5 km)
- Mokepilly (12.6 km)
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Streets
- Bellellen Road (3)
- Black Range Road (5)
- Brown Lane (1)
- Bullocky Mary Road (7)
- Bunjils Cave Road (15)
- Burrong Basin Road (4)
- Churchill Crossing Road (6)
- Ganawarra Road (6)
- Glue Pot Road (3)
- Grannys Lane (3)
- Horwood Road (4)
- Liddell Road (2)
- Monaghan Road (4)
- Osler Road (1)
- Panrock Reservoir Road (18)
- Pomonal Road (5)
- Stamboulakis Road (3)
- Sugarloaf Road (1)
- Wadsworth Road (1)
- Western Highway (1)
- Wilson Lane (1)
