Glenorchy VIC 3385
130 addresses · 34 streets
Mallee Electorate › Northern Grampians LGA › Glenorchy · 227 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Glenorchy is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 131 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,020 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Stawell statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glenorchy itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
1 playground
Getting around. Airport: Stawell Airport, 19.5 km south.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Glenorchy.
- Glenorchy Golf Club Golf
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: 5.8% 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 | 5.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Glenorchy
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 29 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Glenorchy
| House | 53 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Glenorchy
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Glenorchy
| English | 65 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 30 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Glenorchy
| Owned | 30 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Glenorchy
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Glenorchy
| Car | 35 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Glenorchy
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,603 bird observations recorded near Glenorchy — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (90)
- Long-billed Corella (86)
- Australian Magpie (72)
- Eastern Rosella (65)
- Noisy Miner (62)
- Willie Wagtail (57)
- Red Wattlebird (56)
- Galah (54)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (54)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (53)
- Laughing Kookaburra (52)
- Musk Lorikeet (51)
- Australian Wood Duck (50)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glenorchy
- Crimson Rosella (49)
- Eastern Galah (49)
- Red-rumped Parrot (49)
- Southern Noisy Miner (49)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (48)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (48)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (48)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (48)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (47)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (47)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (47)
- New Holland Honeyeater (46)
- White-faced Heron (46)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (45)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (45)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (45)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (45)
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 Glenorchy:
- Riachella (7.4 km)
- Wal Wal (11.1 km)
- Campbells Bridge (11.4 km)
- Ledcourt (11.9 km)
- Deep Lead (12.3 km)
- Germania (13.4 km)
- Dadswells Bridge (14 km)
- Callawadda (15.4 km)
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Streets
- Arapiles Street (3)
- Boyd Street (3)
- Bretton Lane (1)
- Briggs Street (6)
- Bunbury Street (29)
- Callawadda Road (2)
- Cameron Street (1)
- Carfrae Street (3)
- Cemetery Road (5)
- Chapman Road (2)
- Clark Street (8)
- Daves Avenue (2)
- Edwards Street (6)
- Fitzgerald Road (1)
- Forest Street (9)
- Giles River Road (2)
- Glenbrook Road (1)
- Glenorchy Road (8)
- Green Street (6)
- Hunts Road (1)
- Jess Road (1)
- John Hemley Road (1)
- Lake Road (2)
- Lower Bunbury Street (1)
- Marl Street (3)
- Mckay Road (2)
- Old Glenorchy Road (5)
- Phillips Road (1)
- Railway Lane (1)
- Ridd Road (1)
- St Leonards Road (1)
- Stawell-warracknabeal Road (2)
- Ti Tree Swamp Road (3)
- Wills Street (7)
