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Harkaway VIC 3806

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La Trobe Electorate › Casey LGA › Harkaway · 40 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Harkaway is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,011 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,805 a week, with median rent near $375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,011Population
40Median age
$2,805Median household income / wk
$375Median rent / wk
3.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Narre Warren North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Harkaway itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Berwick, 4.7 km south · Bus interchange: Fountain Gate SC, 4.7 km south-west · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 22.1 km west.

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Sport & Recreation

1 facility recorded in Harkaway.

Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources10/10
Education & jobs9/10

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: 38.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Harkaway

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

Tree cover measures, Harkaway VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202038.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202161.7%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 68.1%

Population by age in Harkaway
Population by age, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-447
5-14169
15-1980
20-2475
25-3474
35-44120
45-54162
55-64139
65-7493
75-8448
85+10
Dwelling types in Harkaway
Dwelling types, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House294
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Harkaway
Households by weekly income, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$65019
$650-1,49948
$1,500-2,99973
$3,000+129
Top ancestries in Harkaway
Top ancestries, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Australian422
English381
Other113
Irish83
Italian62
Scottish62
Housing tenure in Harkaway
Housing tenure, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned137
Mortgage131
Rented18
Other0
Cars per household in Harkaway
Cars per household, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
132
2125
365
4+79
Commute to work in Harkaway
Commute to work, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car319
Train5
Bus4
Tram/ferry0
Walked3
Bicycle0
Home137
Top countries of birth in Harkaway
Top countries of birth, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England36
Afghanistan9
South Africa9
Singapore8
China7
India7
Languages used at home in Harkaway
Languages used at home, Harkaway VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Tamil14
Mandarin11
Afrikaans5
Italian5
French3
Serbian3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

41,472 bird observations recorded near Harkaway — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Harkaway

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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Image — Graeme Bartlett · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).