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Dales Creek VIC 3341

227 addresses · 8 streets

Hawke Electorate › Moorabool LGA › Dales Creek · 67 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Dales Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 403 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,966 a week, with median rent near $271 a week. Most homes are houses. About 98% 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 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

403Population
40Median age
$1,966Median household income / wk
$271Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bacchus Marsh Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dales Creek itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Ballan, 11.5 km south-west · Airport: Melbourne Airport, 49.3 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 66.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Dales Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Dales Creek VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202066.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202193.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 69.6%

Population by age in Dales Creek
Population by age, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-422
5-1465
15-1918
20-2418
25-3442
35-4467
45-5469
55-6454
65-7435
75-848
85+0
Dwelling types in Dales Creek
Dwelling types, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House139
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Dales Creek
Households by weekly income, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6508
$650-1,49932
$1,500-2,99945
$3,000+24
Top ancestries in Dales Creek
Top ancestries, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English156
Australian152
Irish54
Scottish50
Italian29
German23
Housing tenure in Dales Creek
Housing tenure, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned26
Mortgage103
Rented0
Other3
Cars per household in Dales Creek
Cars per household, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
06
124
261
326
4+27
Commute to work in Dales Creek
Commute to work, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car157
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home22
Top countries of birth in Dales Creek
Top countries of birth, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England17
Philippines4
Languages used at home in Dales Creek
Languages used at home, Dales Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,047 bird observations recorded near Dales Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Dales Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.