Hepburn Springs VIC 3461
474 addresses · 27 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Hepburn LGA › Hepburn Springs · 91 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Hepburn Springs is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 368 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,232 a week, with median rent near $341 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $963,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Daylesford statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hepburn Springs itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
2 parks
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
3 service stations
1 gym
1 golf club
2 butchers
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Railway halt: Musk, 7.8 km south-east.
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: 58.9% 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 | 58.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 53.5%
Population by age in Hepburn Springs
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 37 |
| 45-54 | 72 |
| 55-64 | 72 |
| 65-74 | 76 |
| 75-84 | 37 |
| 85+ | 8 |
Dwelling types in Hepburn Springs
| House | 157 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 6 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Hepburn Springs
| <$650 | 32 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 49 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 41 |
| $3,000+ | 29 |
Top ancestries in Hepburn Springs
| English | 140 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 90 |
| Irish | 78 |
| Scottish | 67 |
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| Italian | 32 |
Housing tenure in Hepburn Springs
| Owned | 65 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 66 |
| Rented | 40 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hepburn Springs
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 92 |
| 2 | 52 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Hepburn Springs
| Car | 80 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 61 |
Top countries of birth in Hepburn Springs
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| United States | 6 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Languages used at home in Hepburn Springs
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
15,220 bird observations recorded near Hepburn Springs — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (916)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (817)
- Superb Fairy-wren (750)
- Red Wattlebird (749)
- Australian Magpie (721)
- Little Raven (696)
- Pied Currawong (647)
- Brown Thornbill (638)
- Long-billed Corella (600)
- Laughing Kookaburra (597)
- White-browed Scrubwren (582)
- Australian Wood Duck (571)
- Grey Fantail (565)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hepburn Springs
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (509)
- Eurasian Blackbird (502)
- White-throated Treecreeper (498)
- Eastern Spinebill (451)
- Spotted Pardalote (434)
- White-naped Honeyeater (431)
- Pacific Black Duck (399)
- Galah (360)
- Silvereye (351)
- Striated Thornbill (350)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (333)
- Welcome Swallow (307)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (300)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (296)
- New Holland Honeyeater (291)
- House Sparrow (280)
- Striated Pardalote (279)
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 Hepburn Springs:
- Hepburn (1 km)
- Elevated Plains (2.4 km)
- Dry Diggings (2.9 km)
- Daylesford (3.2 km)
- Basalt (3.9 km)
- Sailors Hill (4.8 km)
- Coomoora (5.1 km)
- Porcupine Ridge (5.5 km)
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Streets
- Borsa Crescent (11)
- Church Avenue (24)
- Crippa Close (5)
- Doctors Gully Road (3)
- Eighth Street (3)
- Fifth Street (14)
- First Street (6)
- Forest Avenue (33)
- Fourth Street (16)
- Golden Springs Avenue (17)
- Hepburn Road (2)
- Lone Pine Avenue (14)
- Main Road (148)
- Mineral Springs Crescent (13)
- Mineral Springs Reserve Road (10)
- Ninth Street (3)
- Park Avenue (10)
- Potash Avenue (5)
- Radium Avenue (17)
- Range Road (12)
- Second Street (26)
- Seventh Street (17)
- Sixth Street (22)
- Swiss Mount Avenue (17)
- Tenth Street (14)
- The Poolway (3)
- Third Street (9)
