Elevated Plains VIC 3461
29 addresses · 5 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Hepburn LGA › Elevated Plains · 93 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Elevated Plains is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 39 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $2,624 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 Australian, English, Scottish. 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: Elevated Plains itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 schools
4 cafés & restaurants
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
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: 36.7% 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 | 36.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 57.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 65.7%
Population by age in Elevated Plains
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Elevated Plains
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Elevated Plains
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Elevated Plains
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 10 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Polish | 3 |
| Welsh | 3 |
Housing tenure in Elevated Plains
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Elevated Plains
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Elevated Plains
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Elevated Plains
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,233 bird observations recorded near Elevated Plains — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (755)
- Superb Fairy-wren (601)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (595)
- Red Wattlebird (586)
- Australian Magpie (576)
- Pied Currawong (486)
- Long-billed Corella (468)
- Laughing Kookaburra (460)
- Little Raven (455)
- Brown Thornbill (449)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (403)
- White-throated Treecreeper (400)
- Grey Fantail (394)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Elevated Plains
- Eastern Spinebill (362)
- Spotted Pardalote (358)
- White-browed Scrubwren (358)
- Australian Wood Duck (329)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (329)
- Galah (321)
- White-naped Honeyeater (305)
- Eurasian Blackbird (278)
- Striated Pardalote (255)
- Striated Thornbill (251)
- New Holland Honeyeater (221)
- White-winged Chough (221)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (217)
- Welcome Swallow (216)
- White-eared Honeyeater (207)
- Grey Currawong (189)
- Silvereye (188)
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 Elevated Plains:
- Hepburn (1.7 km)
- Hepburn Springs (2.4 km)
- Dry Diggings (2.4 km)
- Shepherds Flat (3.1 km)
- Basalt (3.6 km)
- Mount Franklin (3.7 km)
- Porcupine Ridge (5.2 km)
- Daylesford (5.6 km)
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Streets
- Charlies Road (13)
- Deep Valley Lane (1)
- Hepburn-newstead Road (7)
- Lithia Lane (1)
- Mannings Road (7)
