Eskdale VIC 3701
175 addresses · 15 streets
Indi Electorate › Towong LGA › Eskdale · 252 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Eskdale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 238 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,343 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 97% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Towong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Eskdale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 post office
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
Getting around. Airport: Porepunkah Airport, 42.5 km south-west.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Eskdale.
- Eskdale Recreation reserve Cricket
- Eskdale Swimming Pool & tennis Swimming, Tennis (Outdoor)
- Mitta Valley Bowling Club Lawn Bowls
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: 80.8% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 80.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 85.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 56.8%
Population by age in Eskdale
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 50 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 20 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Eskdale
| House | 92 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Eskdale
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 27 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Eskdale
| Australian | 106 |
|---|---|
| English | 102 |
| Irish | 30 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| German | 17 |
Housing tenure in Eskdale
| Owned | 55 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 37 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Eskdale
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 37 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Eskdale
| Car | 77 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Eskdale
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
396 bird observations recorded near Eskdale — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (24)
- Superb Fairy-wren (22)
- Common Starling (19)
- Laughing Kookaburra (17)
- Welcome Swallow (17)
- Australian Raven (16)
- Brown Thornbill (16)
- Grey Fantail (14)
- Little Black Cormorant (14)
- Pied Currawong (14)
- Galah (13)
- Magpie-lark (13)
- Pacific Black Duck (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Eskdale
- Grey Shrike-thrush (12)
- Grey Teal (12)
- House Sparrow (12)
- Australian Pelican (11)
- Australian White Ibis (11)
- Crimson Rosella (11)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (11)
- Rufous Whistler (11)
- Silvereye (11)
- White-faced Heron (11)
- White-throated Treecreeper (11)
- Dusky Moorhen (10)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (10)
- Noisy Friarbird (10)
- Red-rumped Parrot (10)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (10)
- Willie Wagtail (10)
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 Eskdale:
- Tallandoon (7.9 km)
- Mitta Mitta (12.4 km)
- Upper Gundowring (16.9 km)
- Tallangatta South (18 km)
- Sandy Creek (19 km)
- Mongans Bridge (19.1 km)
- Running Creek (19.3 km)
- Kergunyah South (20.1 km)
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Streets
- Baude Street (1)
- Bowler Lane (3)
- Chalkers Lane (2)
- Drummond Street (9)
- Dunstans Court (5)
- Dye Street (3)
- Ellis Lane (2)
- Leys Road (6)
- Little Snowy Creek Road (37)
- Mitta North Road (12)
- Omeo Highway (75)
- Parkhill Road (5)
- Smythes Road (8)
- Stockyard Creek Road (5)
- Swasbrick Road (2)
