Ercildoune VIC 3352
60 addresses · 11 streets
Wannon Electorate › Pyrenees LGA › Ercildoune · 128 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Ercildoune is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 90 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,937 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Beaufort statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ercildoune itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Ararat Airport, 55.2 km west.
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: 2.6% 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 | 2.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Ercildoune
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ercildoune
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ercildoune
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Ercildoune
| Australian | 35 |
|---|---|
| English | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Other | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Ercildoune
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ercildoune
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Ercildoune
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Ercildoune
| England | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
852 bird observations recorded near Ercildoune — most often seen:
- Little Raven (55)
- European Goldfinch (51)
- Australian Magpie (49)
- Australian Shelduck (46)
- Black Swan (43)
- Common Starling (42)
- Grey Teal (38)
- Pacific Black Duck (36)
- Eurasian Coot (33)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (32)
- Brown Falcon (30)
- White-faced Heron (30)
- Long-billed Corella (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ercildoune
- House Sparrow (27)
- Australian Wood Duck (26)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (22)
- Masked Lapwing (22)
- White-necked Heron (22)
- Little Pied Cormorant (21)
- Welcome Swallow (21)
- Nankeen Kestrel (20)
- Australasian Grebe (19)
- Willie Wagtail (18)
- Eurasian Skylark (17)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (17)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (16)
- Hardhead (16)
- Southern Magpie-lark (16)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (15)
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 Ercildoune:
- Addington (6.4 km)
- Weatherboard (6.9 km)
- Waubra (7.4 km)
- Glenbrae (8.5 km)
- Burrumbeet (9.4 km)
- Mount Bolton (9.8 km)
- Langi Kal Kal (10.1 km)
- Learmonth (10.2 km)
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Streets
- Beaufort-waubra Road (13)
- Black Bottom Road (2)
- Ercildoun Road (23)
- Flynns Road (6)
- Harrisons Road (4)
- Mcintyre Lane (1)
- Moodies Lane (1)
- Morgans Road (3)
- Pear Tree Lane (4)
- Sand Pit Lane (1)
- Western Highway (2)
