Cathkin VIC 3714
25 addresses · 6 streets
Indi Electorate › Murrindindi LGA › Cathkin · 93 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Cathkin is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 27 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $331 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Alexandra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cathkin itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
2 places to stay
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: 12.5% 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 | 12.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Cathkin
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cathkin
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cathkin
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Cathkin
| English | 14 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| German | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Cathkin
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cathkin
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Cathkin
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Cathkin
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
530 bird observations recorded near Cathkin — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (47)
- Australian Magpie (46)
- Crimson Rosella (30)
- Superb Fairy-wren (30)
- White-faced Heron (30)
- Australian Wood Duck (25)
- Grey Teal (24)
- Brown Thornbill (21)
- White-necked Heron (21)
- Grey Fantail (20)
- Pacific Black Duck (17)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (16)
- Little Raven (16)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cathkin
- Chestnut Teal (14)
- White-browed Scrubwren (14)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (14)
- Laughing Kookaburra (13)
- White-throated Treecreeper (13)
- Red-browed Finch (12)
- Dusky Moorhen (11)
- Eurasian Blackbird (11)
- Magpie-lark (11)
- Little Pied Cormorant (10)
- Red Wattlebird (10)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (9)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (9)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (9)
- Flame Robin (9)
- Galah (9)
- Pied Currawong (9)
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 Cathkin:
- Yarck (5.6 km)
- Molesworth (6 km)
- Koriella (6.3 km)
- Whanregarwen (8.3 km)
- Fawcett (10.3 km)
- Alexandra (11.3 km)
- Caveat (13.5 km)
- Kanumbra (13.5 km)
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Streets
- Goulburn Valley Highway (15)
- Maroondah Highway (1)
- Maroondah Link Highway (4)
- Nicholsons Road (1)
- Pig And Whistle Lane (1)
- Ridds Road (3)