Hilgay VIC 3315
30 addresses · 5 streets
Wannon Electorate › Southern Grampians LGA › Hilgay · 293 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Hilgay is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 29 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,124 a week, with median rent near $222 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Ancestry NS, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Grampians statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hilgay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Hamilton Airport, 37.3 km 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.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 1.9% 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 | 1.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Hilgay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hilgay
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Hilgay
| Australian | 14 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
| German | 5 |
| Polish | 5 |
| English | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Hilgay
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hilgay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Hilgay
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
766 bird observations recorded near Hilgay — most often seen:
- European Goldfinch (41)
- Australian Magpie (39)
- New Holland Honeyeater (39)
- Welcome Swallow (36)
- Pacific Black Duck (35)
- Eurasian Coot (34)
- Long-billed Corella (33)
- Grey Teal (32)
- Black Swan (30)
- Red Wattlebird (29)
- Dusky Moorhen (27)
- Eurasian Blackbird (27)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (26)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hilgay
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (24)
- Australian White Ibis (23)
- Little Raven (23)
- Willie Wagtail (23)
- Australian Shelduck (22)
- Superb Fairy-wren (22)
- Australasian Shoveler (21)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (20)
- Grey Fantail (19)
- House Sparrow (19)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (19)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (18)
- Common Starling (17)
- Masked Lapwing (17)
- Pink-eared Duck (17)
- Straw-necked Ibis (17)
- Striated Pardalote (17)
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 Hilgay:
- Coleraine (4.8 km)
- Paschendale (5.8 km)
- Clover Flat (7.4 km)
- Tahara Bridge (7.9 km)
- Muntham (9.3 km)
- Tarrenlea (9.4 km)
- Henty (11.1 km)
- Tahara West (12.7 km)
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Streets
- Barnes Road (3)
- Dalton Lane (1)
- Lower Hilgay Road (13)
- Middle Hilgay Road (6)
- Top Hilgay Road (7)