Costerfield VIC 3523
84 addresses · 17 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Greater Bendigo LGA › Costerfield · 105 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Costerfield is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 70 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $849 a week, with median rent near $50 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 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Heathcote statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Costerfield itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Bendigo Airport, 44.7 km west.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 57.3% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 7.4% · Labour-force participation 44.3%
Population by age in Costerfield
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Costerfield
| House | 39 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Costerfield
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Costerfield
| English | 27 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 25 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Polish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Costerfield
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Costerfield
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Costerfield
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Costerfield
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 3 |
| Malta | 3 |
Languages used at home in Costerfield
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,483 bird observations recorded near Costerfield — most often seen:
- Grey Shrike-thrush (234)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (228)
- Red Wattlebird (218)
- Weebill (209)
- Australian Magpie (205)
- Superb Fairy-wren (196)
- White-winged Chough (188)
- Little Raven (178)
- Galah (168)
- Australian Raven (165)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (162)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (162)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (160)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Costerfield
- Brown Treecreeper (151)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (139)
- Eastern Rosella (138)
- White-eared Honeyeater (131)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (131)
- Yellow Thornbill (121)
- Rufous Whistler (120)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (119)
- Striated Thornbill (113)
- Laughing Kookaburra (112)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (111)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (109)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (109)
- Long-billed Corella (105)
- Noisy Miner (105)
- Willie Wagtail (104)
- White-throated Treecreeper (92)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Costerfield:
- Heathcote (8.7 km)
- Mount Camel (9 km)
- Moormbool West (9.3 km)
- Argyle (10.3 km)
- Ladys Pass (10.6 km)
- Graytown (12.4 km)
- Redcastle (13.6 km)
- Heathcote South (15.4 km)
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Streets
- Bradleys Lane (3)
- Church Street (1)
- Cochranes Road (7)
- Costerfield-redcastle Road (11)
- Crossley Road (4)
- Donellys Lane (9)
- Harvey Street (2)
- Heathcote-nagambie Road (21)
- Heathcote-north Costerfield Road (10)
- Mcnichols Lane (1)
- Mcnicols Lane (1)
- Parfrey Road (1)
- Phillips Lane (5)
- Reservoir Road (2)
- South Costerfield-graytown Road (3)
- Tobins Lane (1)
- Ward Lane (2)