Devenish VIC 3726
150 addresses · 29 streets
Indi Electorate › Benalla LGA › Devenish · 184 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Devenish is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 208 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $974 a week, with median rent near $245 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 10% 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 Benalla Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Devenish itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Benalla Airport, 26.1 km south.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Devenish.
- Devenish Recreation Reserve Cricket
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: 4.5% 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 | 4.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8% · Labour-force participation 49.7%
Population by age in Devenish
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 20 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 32 |
| 55-64 | 37 |
| 65-74 | 42 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Devenish
| House | 79 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Devenish
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Devenish
| English | 107 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 60 |
| Scottish | 36 |
| Ancestry NS | 32 |
| Irish | 25 |
| German | 10 |
Housing tenure in Devenish
| Owned | 48 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Devenish
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Devenish
| Car | 38 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Devenish
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 3 |
Languages used at home in Devenish
| Filipino | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
786 bird observations recorded near Devenish — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (56)
- Galah (51)
- House Sparrow (47)
- Eastern Rosella (39)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (39)
- Australian Wood Duck (37)
- Willie Wagtail (34)
- Australian Raven (30)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (28)
- White-winged Chough (28)
- Crested Pigeon (27)
- Red-rumped Parrot (27)
- Magpie-lark (26)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Devenish
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (23)
- Eastern Galah (22)
- Common Starling (21)
- Red Wattlebird (21)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (21)
- Eurasian Blackbird (20)
- Welcome Swallow (20)
- Australian King-parrot (19)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (19)
- Common Myna (18)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (18)
- Striated Pardalote (18)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (17)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (16)
- Laughing Kookaburra (15)
- Southern Magpie-lark (15)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (14)
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 Devenish:
- St James (7.8 km)
- Boxwood (8.4 km)
- Yundool (9.2 km)
- Goorambat (9.7 km)
- Bungeet West (10 km)
- Lake Rowan (11 km)
- Major Plains (11.3 km)
- Broken Creek (11.4 km)
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Streets
- Benalla-tocumwal Road (2)
- Benalla-yarrawonga Road (7)
- Berger Road (2)
- Boxwood Road (10)
- Brown Street (5)
- Cooper Road (2)
- Crockett Road (2)
- Devenish Road (19)
- Devenish-st James Road (3)
- Devenish-wangaratta Road (1)
- Devon Street (1)
- Dookie-devenish Road (16)
- East Road (1)
- Flynn Road (4)
- Gates Lane (1)
- Goorambat Road (1)
- Harcourt Road (2)
- Hooper Road (2)
- Lawson Road (4)
- Love Road (2)
- Main Street (36)
- Manley Road (2)
- Mccallum Street (4)
- Nooramunga Road (4)
- Roberts Road (3)
- South Boundary Road (2)
- Stoney Creek Road (1)
- Woods Road (9)
- Wyllie Road (2)
