Castella VIC 3777
129 addresses · 11 streets
Indi Electorate › Murrindindi LGA › Castella · 52 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Castella is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 257 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,978 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kinglake statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Castella itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
Getting around. Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 51.6 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 81% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 68.5%
Population by age in Castella
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 26 |
| 15-19 | 26 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 20 |
| 35-44 | 38 |
| 45-54 | 47 |
| 55-64 | 47 |
| 65-74 | 23 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Castella
| House | 91 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Castella
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 31 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Castella
| English | 115 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 106 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Other | 15 |
Housing tenure in Castella
| Owned | 35 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 51 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Castella
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Castella
| Car | 86 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 33 |
Top countries of birth in Castella
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Castella
| Australian Indigenous | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,950 bird observations recorded near Castella — most often seen:
- Pied Currawong (158)
- Australian Magpie (153)
- Crimson Rosella (152)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (152)
- Brown Thornbill (147)
- Laughing Kookaburra (138)
- White-browed Scrubwren (134)
- Superb Fairy-wren (132)
- White-throated Treecreeper (127)
- Grey Fantail (125)
- Red Wattlebird (118)
- Striated Thornbill (115)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (107)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Castella
- Eastern Spinebill (101)
- Superb Lyrebird (98)
- Little Raven (92)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (85)
- Australian King-parrot (84)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (77)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (72)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (68)
- Eurasian Blackbird (67)
- Silvereye (67)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (65)
- Spotted Pardalote (61)
- Australian Wood Duck (57)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (54)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (50)
- Eastern Whipbird (48)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (46)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Castella:
- Toolangi (5.2 km)
- Kinglake (6.4 km)
- Steels Creek (8.6 km)
- Dixons Creek (8.9 km)
- Kinglake Central (9.1 km)
- Glenburn (12.2 km)
- Pheasant Creek (13 km)
- Chum Creek (13.1 km)
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Streets
- Banksia Court (30)
- Campbells Creek Road (10)
- Castella Road (22)
- Crooke Road (7)
- Glenwood Drive (12)
- Gordons Bridge Road (7)
- Healesville-kinglake Road (8)
- Melba Highway (9)
- Moore Court (8)
- Old Toolangi-dixons Creek Road (1)
- Wattle Court (15)