Harcourt VIC 3453

Living Here

Harcourt is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,038 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,430 a week, with median rent near $305 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 13% 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. The median house sells for about $660,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Castlemaine Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Harcourt itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Harcourt Valley Primary School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • The Bresstaurant
• 2 parks

  • Harcourt Recreation Reserve
  • Oak Plantation
• 1 Catholic church

  • St. Marys
• 2 hospitals

  • Mt Alexander Hospital
  • Castlemaine Health
• 1 post office

  • Harcourt Post Office
• 1 service station

  • BP
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Harcourt Swimming Pool
  • Scorpion Rocks
• 1 golf club

  • Mount Alexander Golf Club
• 3 plumbers

  • Camerons
  • Fasom
  • Max Smith

Getting around. Train station: Castlemaine, 8.3 km south-west · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 29.8 km north.

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Sport & Recreation

5 facilities recorded in Harcourt.

• Harcourt Bowling Club Lawn Bowls
• Harcourt Leisure Centre Australian Rules Football, Carpet Bowls, Cricket, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Harcourt Pony Club (Harcourt Club Grounds) Equestrian
• Harcourt Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Harcourt Swimming Pool Swimming

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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 24.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 58.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

12,789 bird observations recorded near Harcourt — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (648)
• Superb Fairy-wren (590)
• Crimson Rosella (553)
• Eastern Australian Magpie (550)
• South-eastern Crimson Rosella (523)
• Galah (518)
• Australian Wood Duck (506)
• Eurasian Blackbird (500)
• Long-billed Corella (497)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (488)
• Northern Superb Fairy-wren (477)
• Red Wattlebird (474)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (463)

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 Harcourt:

• Barkers Creek (3.4 km)
• Harcourt North (5.6 km)
• Ravenswood South (6.6 km)
• Faraday (6.7 km)
• Moonlight Flat (7.3 km)
• Golden Point (7.5 km)
• Sutton Grange (8.3 km)
• Castlemaine (8.4 km)

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