Byawatha VIC 3678
92 addresses · 19 streets
Indi Electorate › Wangaratta LGA › Byawatha · 214 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Byawatha is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 160 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,696 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wangaratta Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Byawatha itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Wangaratta Airport, 18.5 km south-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Byawatha.
- Byawatha Recreation Reserve 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: 16.7% 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 | 16.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 67.2%
Population by age in Byawatha
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 37 |
| 65-74 | 24 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Byawatha
| House | 61 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Byawatha
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Byawatha
| English | 73 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 63 |
| Irish | 26 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Italian | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Byawatha
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Byawatha
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Byawatha
| Car | 58 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Languages used at home in Byawatha
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,091 bird observations recorded near Byawatha — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (75)
- Superb Fairy-wren (74)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (69)
- Willie Wagtail (50)
- Red-rumped Parrot (46)
- Striated Pardalote (46)
- Common Starling (42)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (41)
- Galah (36)
- Restless Flycatcher (35)
- Weebill (35)
- Eastern Rosella (34)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (33)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Byawatha
- Grey Fantail (33)
- Welcome Swallow (33)
- Brown Falcon (32)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (32)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (31)
- Rufous Whistler (31)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (30)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (28)
- Australian Raven (27)
- Diamond Firetail (27)
- Australian Wood Duck (25)
- Crested Pigeon (25)
- Magpie-lark (25)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (25)
- Eastern Galah (24)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (24)
- Dusky Woodswallow (23)
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 Byawatha:
- Londrigan (4.5 km)
- Eldorado (6.8 km)
- Bowser (7.8 km)
- Boralma (8.6 km)
- North Wangaratta (9 km)
- East Wangaratta (9.6 km)
- Dockers Plains (9.8 km)
- Tarrawingee (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Allens Road (2)
- Bells Lane (2)
- Bowser-londrigan Lane (2)
- Bulleid Road (1)
- Byawatha Road (15)
- Campbell Road (1)
- Carraragarmungee Estate Road (6)
- Clear Creek Road (16)
- East Triangle Road (1)
- Eldorado-byawatha Road (1)
- Ellen Lane (1)
- Excelsior Track (1)
- Luckie Road (9)
- Morrison Road (8)
- Nankervis Road (3)
- Old Coach Road (5)
- Powerhouse Lane (6)
- Shannon Road (2)
- Tarrawingee Road (10)
