Clarkes Hill VIC 3352
37 addresses · 6 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Moorabool LGA › Clarkes Hill · 94 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Clarkes Hill is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 75 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $185 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 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: Clarkes Hill itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
1 carpenter
Getting around. Train station: Creswick, 11.3 km north-west.
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: 2.3% 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 | 2.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.5% · Labour-force participation 69%
Population by age in Clarkes Hill
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Clarkes Hill
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Clarkes Hill
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Clarkes Hill
| Australian | 39 |
|---|---|
| English | 28 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Dutch | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Clarkes Hill
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Clarkes Hill
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Clarkes Hill
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,163 bird observations recorded near Clarkes Hill — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (71)
- Eurasian Blackbird (70)
- Common Starling (65)
- Little Raven (62)
- Pacific Black Duck (54)
- Black Swan (50)
- Eurasian Coot (48)
- Superb Fairy-wren (48)
- Crimson Rosella (47)
- House Sparrow (43)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (40)
- Australian Shelduck (39)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (38)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Clarkes Hill
- Long-billed Corella (36)
- Magpie-lark (35)
- Australian Wood Duck (34)
- Brown Thornbill (33)
- Grey Fantail (33)
- European Goldfinch (31)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (30)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (27)
- White-browed Scrubwren (27)
- White-naped Honeyeater (27)
- Laughing Kookaburra (26)
- Little Pied Cormorant (26)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (26)
- Brown Falcon (25)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (25)
- Red Wattlebird (24)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (23)
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 Clarkes Hill:
- Bullarook (2.9 km)
- Wattle Flat (3.5 km)
- Pootilla (3.6 km)
- Dean (4.2 km)
- Glen Park (4.7 km)
- Claretown (5.6 km)
- Mollongghip (6.5 km)
- Leigh Creek (7.1 km)
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Streets
- Ballarat-daylesford Road (15)
- Boundary Church Road (6)
- Bungaree-creswick Road (4)
- Clarkes Hill Road (2)
- Madderns Road (3)
- Powells Road (7)
