Bostocks Creek VIC 3260
45 addresses · 8 streets
Wannon Electorate › Corangamite LGA › Bostocks Creek · 170 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Bostocks Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 85 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,791 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Corangamite - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bostocks Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Camperdown, 7.9 km north · Airport: Colac Airport, 48.5 km 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: 3.2% 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 | 3.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bostocks Creek
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Bostocks Creek
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bostocks Creek
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Bostocks Creek
| Australian | 41 |
|---|---|
| English | 36 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Other | 3 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
Housing tenure in Bostocks Creek
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Bostocks Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Bostocks Creek
| Car | 24 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
615 bird observations recorded near Bostocks Creek — most often seen:
- Common Starling (38)
- Little Raven (37)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (35)
- Australian Shelduck (34)
- Australian Magpie (27)
- Magpie-lark (27)
- Pacific Black Duck (27)
- Superb Fairy-wren (25)
- Welcome Swallow (24)
- Chestnut Teal (22)
- Eurasian Coot (21)
- Grey Teal (21)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bostocks Creek
- White-faced Heron (21)
- Eurasian Blackbird (20)
- Hardhead (18)
- Willie Wagtail (18)
- Australian Wood Duck (16)
- Musk Duck (16)
- Eurasian Skylark (15)
- Long-billed Corella (15)
- Red Wattlebird (15)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (15)
- Masked Lapwing (14)
- Pink-eared Duck (13)
- Black Swan (12)
- European Goldfinch (12)
- House Sparrow (12)
- Straw-necked Ibis (12)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (12)
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 Bostocks Creek:
- Tesbury (4.5 km)
- Cobden (5.5 km)
- Bullaharre (5.6 km)
- Tandarook (5.9 km)
- Naroghid (6.9 km)
- Camperdown (7.1 km)
- Jancourt (8.5 km)
- Koallah (8.6 km)
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Streets
- Camperdown-cobden Road (18)
- County Boundary East Road (2)
- County Boundary West Road (2)
- Gazzards Road (2)
- Jancourt Road (14)
- Old School Road (2)
- Pekins Lane (3)
- Tesbury Road (2)
