Emu VIC 3475
45 addresses · 14 streets
Mallee Electorate › Northern Grampians LGA › Emu · 181 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Emu is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 37 people, with a median age of 65. The typical household earns around $762 a week, with median rent near $203 a week. Most homes are houses. About 54% of households own their home and 23% rent. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the St Arnaud statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Emu itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 13.9% 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 | 13.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.3% · Labour-force participation 35.3%
Population by age in Emu
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Emu
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Emu
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Emu
| English | 13 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Emu
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Emu
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Emu
| Zimbabwe | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
517 bird observations recorded near Emu — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (27)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (26)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (24)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (23)
- Red Wattlebird (22)
- Brown Treecreeper (21)
- Galah (21)
- Australian Magpie (20)
- Crimson Rosella (20)
- Willie Wagtail (20)
- Eastern Rosella (18)
- Laughing Kookaburra (18)
- Dusky Woodswallow (17)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Emu
- Jacky Winter (17)
- Red-rumped Parrot (16)
- Striated Pardalote (16)
- Superb Fairy-wren (16)
- Welcome Swallow (16)
- White-winged Chough (16)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (15)
- Black-chinned Honeyeater (14)
- Common Bronzewing (14)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (14)
- Long-billed Corella (14)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (13)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (12)
- Hooded Robin (12)
- Musk Lorikeet (12)
- Restless Flycatcher (12)
- Diamond Firetail (11)
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 Emu:
- Dalyenong (8.3 km)
- Carapooee (10.3 km)
- Kooreh (11.1 km)
- Bealiba (12.3 km)
- Logan (13.4 km)
- Archdale (13.7 km)
- Burkes Flat (14.3 km)
- Stuart Mill (14.7 km)
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Streets
- Basso Road (5)
- Bicknell Road (3)
- Cameron Road (1)
- Chivers Road (1)
- Dunolly Road (19)
- Emu Road (5)
- Lovel Road (2)
- Rinaldi Road (1)
- St Arnaud-dunolly Road (3)
- Wandel Road (1)
- Watson Road (1)
- Whyte Road (1)
- Wiggin Road (1)
- Woodhouse Road (1)