Buangor VIC 3375
101 addresses · 31 streets
Wannon Electorate › Ararat LGA › Buangor · 165 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Buangor is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 112 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,025 a week, with median rent near $210 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ararat Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Buangor itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Ararat Airport, 17.2 km west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Buangor.
- Buangor Recreation Reserve Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 14.9% 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 | 14.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 49.4%
Population by age in Buangor
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 27 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Buangor
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Buangor
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Buangor
| English | 56 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 40 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Irish | 18 |
| German | 7 |
| Maltese | 4 |
Housing tenure in Buangor
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Buangor
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Buangor
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Buangor
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Buangor
| Polish | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
522 bird observations recorded near Buangor — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (38)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (29)
- Long-billed Corella (28)
- Crimson Rosella (27)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (26)
- Grey Fantail (24)
- Superb Fairy-wren (24)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (24)
- Australian Raven (23)
- Striated Pardalote (22)
- Laughing Kookaburra (20)
- Striated Thornbill (20)
- White-throated Treecreeper (20)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Buangor
- Brown Thornbill (17)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (16)
- Black-shouldered Kite (14)
- Galah (14)
- Spotted Pardalote (14)
- Whistling Kite (14)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (13)
- Willie Wagtail (11)
- Australian Shelduck (10)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (10)
- Little Raven (10)
- Red Wattlebird (10)
- Welcome Swallow (10)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (9)
- White-naped Honeyeater (9)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- Red-browed Finch (8)
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 Buangor:
- Bayindeen (6.3 km)
- Middle Creek (6.4 km)
- Ballyrogan (9.8 km)
- Warrak (11.9 km)
- Mount Cole (12 km)
- Raglan (14.1 km)
- Dobie (14.1 km)
- Cross Roads (14.6 km)
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Streets
- Anderson Road (5)
- Andersons Road (3)
- Ballyrogan Road (1)
- Bank Road (1)
- Black Boy Road (1)
- Buangor Road (11)
- Buangor-ben Nevis Road (8)
- Challicum Road (6)
- Coach Road (8)
- Cobbs Road (5)
- Colonial Road (2)
- Coxs Road (3)
- Dip Road (3)
- Edelweiss Road (1)
- Eurambeen-settlement Road (2)
- Granville Lane (2)
- Gravel Route Road (1)
- Hillside Road (3)
- Hookes Lane (1)
- Hookes Road (1)
- Main Street (6)
- Middle Creek Road (2)
- Mile Post Lane (1)
- Peacocks Road (1)
- Playle Lane (1)
- Pope Road (1)
- School Road (4)
- Summer Road (1)
- Waldrons Road (1)
- Western Highway (13)
- Yerrabbin Road (2)
