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Happy Valley VIC 3360

55 addresses · 8 streets

Ballarat Electorate › Golden Plains LGA › Happy Valley · 121 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Happy Valley is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 87 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

87Population
47Median age
$1,187Median household income / wk
$150Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Golden Plains - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Happy Valley itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 53.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Happy Valley

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

Tree cover measures, Happy Valley VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202053.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202168.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 7.1% · Labour-force participation 41.8%

Population by age in Happy Valley
Population by age, Happy Valley VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-1414
15-194
20-240
25-347
35-4415
45-5417
55-6414
65-7413
75-843
85+0
Dwelling types in Happy Valley
Dwelling types, Happy Valley VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House34
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Happy Valley
Households by weekly income, Happy Valley VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6503
$650-1,4998
$1,500-2,9993
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Happy Valley
Top ancestries, Happy Valley VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English40
Australian31
Scottish11
Irish10
Ancestry NS9
Maltese5
Housing tenure in Happy Valley
Housing tenure, Happy Valley VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned14
Mortgage20
Rented3
Other0
Cars per household in Happy Valley
Cars per household, Happy Valley VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
14
28
38
4+3
Commute to work in Happy Valley
Commute to work, Happy Valley VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car18
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home6
Top countries of birth in Happy Valley
Top countries of birth, Happy Valley VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England9

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

16,290 bird observations recorded near Happy Valley — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Happy Valley

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.