Chewton VIC 3451

Living Here

Chewton is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 763 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,245 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 8 schools

  • Chewton Primary School
  • Castlemaine Primary School
  • Castlemaine Secondary College Senior Campus
  • St Mary's Primary School
  • Castlemaine North Primary School
  • Castlemaine Secondary College Junior Campus
  • Olivet Christian College
  • Campbells Creek Primary School
• 3 cafés & restaurants

  • The Albion Castlemaine
  • Bold Garden Cafe
  • The Green Folly Cafe
• 2 parks

  • Chewton Soldiers Memorial Park
  • Forest Creek Gold Workings Heritage Walk
• 1 Catholic church

  • St. Marys
• 4 physiotherapists

  • Castlemaine Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates
  • Freedom Physiotherapy
  • Health Actions
  • Castlemaine Physiotherapy
• 1 optometrist

  • Eyeworks Castlemaine
• 2 hospitals

  • Castlemaine Health
  • Mt Alexander Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Castlemaine Veterinary Clinic
• 1 library

  • Castlemaine Library
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Chewton Swimming Pool
  • Castlemaine Lawn Tennis Club
• 2 golf clubs

  • Mount Alexander Golf Club
  • Castlemaine Golf Club
• 1 bakery

  • Wesley Hill Bake House
• 1 hardware store

  • Mt Alexander Timber and Hardware
• 3 plumbers

  • Max Smith
  • Fasom
  • Camerons
• 6 places to stay

  • The Albion Motel Castlemaine
  • Castle Motel
  • Temperance House
  • Castlemaine Colonial Motel and Apartments
  • Northern Arts Hotel
  • BIG4 Castlemaine Gardens Holiday Park

Getting around. Train station: Castlemaine, 4.7 km north-west · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 39.3 km north.

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Sport & Recreation

5 facilities recorded in Chewton.

• Castlemaine Pistol Club Shooting Sports
• Chewton Bowmen Inc Archery
• Chewton Soliders Memorial Park Soccer
• Chewton Swimming Pool Swimming
• Life Cycle Gymnasium Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts

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: 70.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 53.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

29,994 bird observations recorded near Chewton — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (1,965)
• Crimson Rosella (1,476)
• Australian Magpie (1,465)
• Red Wattlebird (1,435)
• Eastern Red Wattlebird (1,404)
• Eastern Australian Magpie (1,376)
• South-eastern Crimson Rosella (1,372)
• Little Raven (1,326)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,212)
• Common Bronzewing (1,104)
• Long-billed Corella (1,037)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (961)
• House Sparrow (937)

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 Chewton:

• Golden Point (2.6 km)
• Chewton Bushlands (2.9 km)
• Moonlight Flat (2.9 km)
• Castlemaine (4.4 km)
• Faraday (4.9 km)
• Campbells Creek (5 km)
• Fryerstown (5.8 km)
• Mckenzie Hill (6.6 km)

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