Chesney Vale VIC 3725
108 addresses · 11 streets
Indi Electorate › Benalla LGA › Chesney Vale · 183 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Chesney Vale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 204 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Benalla Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Chesney Vale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
Getting around. Airport: Benalla Airport, 15 km south.
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: 16.9% 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 | 16.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 25.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 58.9%
Population by age in Chesney Vale
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 26 |
| 45-54 | 33 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 35 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Chesney Vale
| House | 67 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Chesney Vale
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Chesney Vale
| Australian | 77 |
|---|---|
| English | 67 |
| Irish | 34 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Other | 19 |
| German | 16 |
Housing tenure in Chesney Vale
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 29 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Chesney Vale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Chesney Vale
| Car | 61 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Chesney Vale
| Greece | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| United States | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
36,464 bird observations recorded near Chesney Vale — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,246)
- Red-rumped Parrot (1,690)
- Galah (1,687)
- Australian Magpie (1,665)
- Whistling Kite (1,645)
- Willie Wagtail (1,636)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,519)
- Magpie-lark (1,506)
- Welcome Swallow (1,485)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (1,405)
- Eastern Rosella (1,372)
- Noisy Miner (1,334)
- Grey Teal (1,279)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Chesney Vale
- White-faced Heron (1,209)
- Brown Falcon (1,048)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,035)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,014)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,009)
- Black Swan (987)
- Eurasian Coot (981)
- Straw-necked Ibis (940)
- Great Egret (912)
- Nankeen Kestrel (908)
- Australian White Ibis (865)
- Laughing Kookaburra (865)
- Australian Raven (863)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (858)
- Common Starling (850)
- Australian Pelican (827)
- Australasian Grebe (824)
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 Chesney Vale:
- Winton North (3 km)
- Thoona (9.6 km)
- Taminick (9.9 km)
- Bungeet West (10.3 km)
- Winton (10.4 km)
- Goorambat (11.3 km)
- Glenrowan West (13.4 km)
- Mount Bruno (14.2 km)
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Streets
- Bowcher Road (6)
- Cherry Tree Lane (2)
- Chesney Vale Road (8)
- Goudie Road (6)
- Irvine Road (1)
- Lake Mokoan Road (36)
- Lakeside Drive (38)
- Mcgann Hill Road (8)
- Old Thoona Road (1)
- Sergeant Road (1)
- Walker Road (1)
