Buckland VIC 3740
106 addresses · 14 streets
Indi Electorate › Alpine LGA › Buckland · 206 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Buckland is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 156 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,481 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Bright - Mount Beauty statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Buckland itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Porepunkah Airport, 4.7 km north.
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: 93.6% 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 | 93.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 96.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 65.1%
Population by age in Buckland
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Buckland
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Buckland
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Buckland
| English | 75 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 67 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Other | 16 |
| German | 14 |
Housing tenure in Buckland
| Owned | 23 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Buckland
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Buckland
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Buckland
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Malta | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,315 bird observations recorded near Buckland — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (186)
- Crimson Rosella (179)
- Australian Magpie (166)
- Pied Currawong (162)
- Laughing Kookaburra (151)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (138)
- Magpie-lark (135)
- Grey Fantail (120)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (119)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (118)
- Willie Wagtail (108)
- Common Starling (107)
- Eurasian Blackbird (104)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Buckland
- Masked Lapwing (99)
- Welcome Swallow (99)
- Eastern Whipbird (98)
- Brown Thornbill (97)
- White-throated Treecreeper (96)
- Satin Bowerbird (94)
- Galah (91)
- White-browed Scrubwren (89)
- White-faced Heron (89)
- Eastern Spinebill (88)
- Red-browed Finch (86)
- House Sparrow (85)
- Australian Raven (84)
- Red Wattlebird (84)
- Silvereye (83)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (81)
- Australian King-parrot (79)
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 Buckland:
- Porepunkah (7.6 km)
- Bright (8.6 km)
- Wandiligong (9.7 km)
- Eurobin (12.5 km)
- Germantown (13.2 km)
- Freeburgh (14 km)
- Havilah (15.5 km)
- Smoko (17.8 km)
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Streets
- Brookside Lane (1)
- Buckland Valley Road (46)
- Deans Lane (2)
- Devils Creek Road (4)
- Dunphy Creek Road (2)
- Egglestons Lane (1)
- Goldie Spur Track (2)
- Harris Lane (12)
- Mccormacks Lane (4)
- Monaghans Lane (1)
- Montgomery Lane (3)
- Rockpool Lane (2)
- Swamp Wallaby Track (1)
- Wallace Drive (25)
