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Fosterville VIC 3557

61 addresses · 12 streets

Bendigo Electorate › Greater Bendigo LGA › Fosterville · 131 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Fosterville is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 57 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,550 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

57Population
50Median age
$1,550Median household income / wk
$240Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Goornong, 9.3 km north · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 14.7 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 48.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Fosterville

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Fosterville VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202048.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202162.5%

Demographics

Population by age in Fosterville
Population by age, Fosterville VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-146
15-190
20-240
25-349
35-444
45-5414
55-6410
65-748
75-848
85+0
Dwelling types in Fosterville
Dwelling types, Fosterville VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House25
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Fosterville
Households by weekly income, Fosterville VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4995
$1,500-2,9997
$3,000+5
Top ancestries in Fosterville
Top ancestries, Fosterville VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Australian24
English21
Irish10
Scottish8
Italian6
Ancestry NS5
Housing tenure in Fosterville
Housing tenure, Fosterville VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned12
Mortgage8
Rented3
Other3
Cars per household in Fosterville
Cars per household, Fosterville VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
211
38
4+0
Commute to work in Fosterville
Commute to work, Fosterville VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car12
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,222 bird observations recorded near Fosterville — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Fosterville

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.