Deep Lead VIC 3385
119 addresses · 24 streets
Mallee Electorate › Northern Grampians LGA › Deep Lead · 218 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Deep Lead is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 210 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,319 a week, with median rent near $450 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, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Stawell statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Deep Lead itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Stawell, 7.9 km south-east · Airport: Stawell Airport, 7.1 km south.
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: 21.5% 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 | 21.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 42.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 52.9%
Population by age in Deep Lead
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 38 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Deep Lead
| House | 81 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Deep Lead
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 30 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Deep Lead
| English | 92 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 85 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| German | 16 |
Housing tenure in Deep Lead
| Owned | 46 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 35 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Deep Lead
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 39 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Deep Lead
| Car | 62 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,946 bird observations recorded near Deep Lead — most often seen:
- Red Wattlebird (324)
- Australian Magpie (246)
- Striated Pardalote (230)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (213)
- Eastern Rosella (212)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (209)
- Little Raven (206)
- Noisy Miner (200)
- Galah (197)
- White-winged Chough (197)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (186)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (183)
- Weebill (170)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Deep Lead
- Brown Treecreeper (159)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (155)
- Grey Currawong (155)
- Spotted Pardalote (153)
- Willie Wagtail (153)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (151)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (137)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (131)
- Welcome Swallow (127)
- Mistletoebird (122)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (112)
- Crimson Rosella (108)
- White-naped Honeyeater (108)
- Long-billed Corella (107)
- Western Striated Pardalote (100)
- Southern Noisy Miner (99)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (96)
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 Deep Lead:
- Illawarra (5.3 km)
- Germania (6.7 km)
- Stawell (8.1 km)
- Lake Lonsdale (8.4 km)
- Mokepilly (11.3 km)
- Campbells Bridge (12 km)
- Glenorchy (12.3 km)
- Concongella (12.4 km)
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Streets
- 37th Parallel Road (14)
- Bunyip Hill Road (5)
- Cross Street (1)
- Cut Throat Lane (1)
- Darlington Mine Road (2)
- Deep Lead Road (7)
- Donald-stawell Road (1)
- Elliott Road (2)
- Eucalyptus Road (1)
- Fenwick Street (6)
- Freelands Lane (1)
- Glenvale Road (9)
- Old Glenorchy Road (13)
- Oxford Street (2)
- Perry Street (1)
- Pollock Lane (1)
- Raitt Road (2)
- Red Hill Road (9)
- Reserve Road (1)
- Sandbar Road (11)
- Station Road (2)
- Thelmadale Road (3)
- Western Highway (23)
- Wodalla Road (1)
