Creswick VIC 3363

Living Here

Creswick is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 3,279 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,144 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 19% 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. The median house sells for about $515,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Creswick - Clunes statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Creswick itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Creswick Primary School
  • St Augustine's Primary School
  • Creswick North Primary School
• 5 cafés & restaurants

  • The Farmers Arms
  • Creswick Bakery
  • Red Fox Deli
  • Smokeytown Cafe
  • Meg's Place
• 1 supermarket

  • Creswick IGA
• 3 parks

  • Apex Park
  • Creswick Skate and Splash Park
  • Koala Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Augstine's catholic Church
• 2 hospitals

  • Creswick Hospital and Nursing Home
  • Ballarat Day Procedure Centre
• 2 libraries

  • Creswick Library
  • Temporary Library (Room 123) till Feb 2025
• 1 post office

  • Creswick LPO
• 1 service station

  • Shell
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Hammon Park Pump Track
  • Creswick Community Gymnasium (Building 754)
• 1 golf club

  • Creswick Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • Apex Park Playground
• 1 butcher

  • Greenvale Quality Meats
• 1 carpenter

  • Blakes Master Builders
• 5 places to stay

  • Creswick Caravan Park and Camping Ground
  • Creswick Motel
  • The American Hotel
  • RACV Goldfields Resort
  • Sebel Creswick Forest Resort

Getting around. Train station: Creswick, 250 m south-west.

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Sport & Recreation

7 facilities recorded in Creswick.

• Calembeen Park Dive Tower Swimming
• Creswick Bowling Club Lawn Bowls
• Creswick Golf Club Golf
• Creswick Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket
• Creswick Skate Park Skating
• Doug Lindsay Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Netball, Soccer
• Mount Prospect Tennis Tennis (Outdoor)

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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 49.6% 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 4.8% · Labour-force participation 48.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,285 bird observations recorded near Creswick — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (287)
• Little Raven (273)
• Crimson Rosella (272)
• Australian Magpie (268)
• Superb Fairy-wren (264)
• Pacific Black Duck (244)
• Red Wattlebird (241)
• Grey Fantail (233)
• Australian Wood Duck (217)
• Brown Thornbill (208)
• Common Bronzewing (173)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (173)
• Little Pied Cormorant (168)

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 Creswick:

• Smokeytown (3.6 km)
• Cabbage Tree (3.7 km)
• Springmount (4 km)
• Broomfield (4.3 km)
• Bald Hills (4.9 km)
• Creswick North (5.3 km)
• Sulky (5.6 km)
• Allendale (6.4 km)

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