Claretown VIC 3352
20 addresses · 4 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Moorabool LGA › Claretown · 88 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Claretown is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 35 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,416 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gordon (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Claretown itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
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: 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 7.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Claretown
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Claretown
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Claretown
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Claretown
| English | 18 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 10 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
Housing tenure in Claretown
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Claretown
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Claretown
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,513 bird observations recorded near Claretown — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (101)
- Black Swan (95)
- Eurasian Coot (79)
- Little Raven (79)
- Australian Shelduck (76)
- Superb Fairy-wren (68)
- Pacific Black Duck (64)
- Common Starling (62)
- White-faced Heron (57)
- Crimson Rosella (55)
- Musk Duck (54)
- Little Pied Cormorant (53)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (52)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Claretown
- Eurasian Blackbird (49)
- Grey Fantail (43)
- Welcome Swallow (43)
- Brown Thornbill (42)
- White-browed Scrubwren (39)
- House Sparrow (38)
- Laughing Kookaburra (37)
- Australian White Ibis (36)
- Red Wattlebird (36)
- Long-billed Corella (35)
- Masked Lapwing (35)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (33)
- Grey Teal (32)
- Magpie-lark (32)
- European Goldfinch (30)
- Hardhead (30)
- White-throated Treecreeper (28)
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 Claretown:
- Springbank (2.5 km)
- Bullarook (3 km)
- Wallace (4.5 km)
- Bungaree (5.3 km)
- Clarkes Hill (5.6 km)
- Mollongghip (5.7 km)
- Bolwarrah (6.3 km)
- Pootilla (6.7 km)
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Streets
- Barkstead Road (10)
- Kanes Lane (1)
- Mollongghip Road (1)
- Springbank Road (8)