Cheshunt VIC 3678
136 addresses · 13 streets
Indi Electorate › Wangaratta LGA › Cheshunt · 169 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Cheshunt is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 213 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $974 a week, with median rent near $115 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. 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 Wangaratta Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cheshunt itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Porepunkah Airport, 43.9 km east.
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: 78.2% 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 | 78.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.9% · Labour-force participation 60.5%
Population by age in Cheshunt
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 29 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 27 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 39 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cheshunt
| House | 84 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cheshunt
| <$650 | 22 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Cheshunt
| English | 77 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 69 |
| Italian | 38 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| Irish | 23 |
Housing tenure in Cheshunt
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Cheshunt
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 39 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Cheshunt
| Car | 52 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 34 |
Top countries of birth in Cheshunt
| New Zealand | 8 |
|---|---|
| England | 6 |
| Italy | 6 |
| Malaysia | 4 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Languages used at home in Cheshunt
| Italian | 18 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
780 bird observations recorded near Cheshunt — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (50)
- Superb Fairy-wren (41)
- Australian Magpie (39)
- Grey Fantail (36)
- Pied Currawong (35)
- Crimson Rosella (34)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (30)
- White-throated Treecreeper (30)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (30)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (29)
- Red Wattlebird (27)
- Eurasian Blackbird (26)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (25)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cheshunt
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (25)
- Magpie-lark (25)
- White-browed Scrubwren (23)
- Australian Raven (22)
- Australian Wood Duck (22)
- Spotted Pardalote (22)
- Common Starling (21)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (20)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (20)
- Silvereye (20)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (20)
- Brown Thornbill (18)
- Red-browed Finch (18)
- Rufous Whistler (18)
- Straw-necked Ibis (18)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (18)
- White-faced Heron (18)
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 Cheshunt:
- Whitlands (6.5 km)
- Whitfield (7.1 km)
- Cheshunt South (10.3 km)
- Edi Upper (13.2 km)
- Rose River (14.1 km)
- Myrrhee (14.2 km)
- King Valley (14.2 km)
- Archerton (16.5 km)
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Streets
- A N M Road (1)
- Burrowes Road (6)
- Christophers Road (7)
- Edi-cheshunt Road (19)
- Hardys Lane (7)
- King Valley Road (13)
- Millers Lane (1)
- Paradise Falls Road (9)
- Rose River Road (8)
- Ryans Lane (2)
- Smalls Lane (4)
- Swinburnes Lane (7)
- Upper King River Road (52)
