Dry Diggings VIC 3461
29 addresses · 5 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Hepburn LGA › Dry Diggings · 91 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Dry Diggings is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 41 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $1,499 a week, with median rent near $321 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 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Daylesford statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dry Diggings itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 90.9% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 10.5% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Dry Diggings
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dry Diggings
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dry Diggings
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Dry Diggings
| English | 21 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 12 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Dutch | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Dry Diggings
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dry Diggings
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Dry Diggings
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,711 bird observations recorded near Dry Diggings — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (720)
- Red Wattlebird (579)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (571)
- Superb Fairy-wren (560)
- Australian Magpie (532)
- Pied Currawong (453)
- Laughing Kookaburra (436)
- Long-billed Corella (436)
- Brown Thornbill (435)
- Little Raven (431)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (392)
- Grey Fantail (383)
- White-throated Treecreeper (374)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dry Diggings
- Eastern Spinebill (355)
- White-browed Scrubwren (342)
- Spotted Pardalote (336)
- Galah (318)
- Australian Wood Duck (305)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (303)
- White-naped Honeyeater (283)
- Eurasian Blackbird (263)
- Striated Pardalote (250)
- Striated Thornbill (249)
- Welcome Swallow (215)
- New Holland Honeyeater (213)
- White-winged Chough (206)
- White-eared Honeyeater (205)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (200)
- Silvereye (188)
- Red-browed Finch (178)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Dry Diggings:
- Elevated Plains (2.4 km)
- Hepburn Springs (2.9 km)
- Porcupine Ridge (2.9 km)
- Hepburn (3 km)
- Mount Franklin (3.3 km)
- Shepherds Flat (4.8 km)
- Coomoora (5.2 km)
- Daylesford (5.6 km)
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Streets
- Back Hepburn Road (1)
- Mannings Road (7)
- Midland Highway (15)
- Phillips Road (4)
- Sawpit Gully Road (2)