Emu Creek VIC 3551

Living Here

Emu Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 376 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,963 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bendigo Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Emu Creek itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Eppalock Primary School
  • Strathfieldsaye Primary School
  • St Francis of the Fields Primary School
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Josephs
• 5 hospitals

  • St John of God Bendigo Hospital
  • Anne Caudle Campus
  • Bendigo Day Surgery
  • Bendigo Health
  • Emergency Department
• 1 post office

  • Australia Post - Strathfieldsaye LPO
• 2 service stations

  • BP Truckstop
  • 7-Eleven
• 1 golf club

  • Quarry Hill Golf Course

Getting around. Train station: Bendigo, 10.2 km north-west · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 11.7 km north.

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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: 28.8% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 71.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

17,718 bird observations recorded near Emu Creek — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (1,208)
• Red Wattlebird (1,113)
• Superb Fairy-wren (940)
• Eastern Rosella (868)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (832)
• Noisy Miner (827)
• Striated Pardalote (823)
• Galah (739)
• Little Raven (621)
• Magpie-lark (597)
• Welcome Swallow (591)
• Willie Wagtail (562)
• White-winged Chough (554)

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 Creek:

• Axe Creek (3.8 km)
• Strathfieldsaye (3.9 km)
• Mandurang (4.7 km)
• Mandurang South (6.7 km)
• Sedgwick (6.9 km)
• Junortoun (7.3 km)
• Spring Gully (7.6 km)
• Flora Hill (8.5 km)

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