Hillcrest VIC 3351
52 addresses · 8 streets
Wannon Electorate › Pyrenees LGA › Hillcrest · 119 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Hillcrest is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 99 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Beaufort statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hillcrest itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
1 golf club
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: 56.8% 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 | 56.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 61.4%
Population by age in Hillcrest
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hillcrest
| House | 34 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hillcrest
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Hillcrest
| Australian | 36 |
|---|---|
| English | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Dutch | 10 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Other | 8 |
Housing tenure in Hillcrest
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hillcrest
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Hillcrest
| Car | 35 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Hillcrest
| England | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Hillcrest
| Cantonese | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,544 bird observations recorded near Hillcrest — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (93)
- Eurasian Blackbird (79)
- Superb Fairy-wren (67)
- Little Raven (66)
- Crimson Rosella (65)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (62)
- Red Wattlebird (61)
- Grey Currawong (59)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (56)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (55)
- South-eastern Striated Thornbill (51)
- Striated Thornbill (51)
- White-throated Treecreeper (50)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hillcrest
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (48)
- Laughing Kookaburra (47)
- Grey Fantail (46)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (45)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (45)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (44)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (44)
- White-browed Scrubwren (44)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (44)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (44)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (43)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (42)
- Eastern Spinebill (41)
- South-eastern Grey Currawong (39)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (38)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (38)
- Australian Wood Duck (37)
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 Hillcrest:
- Snake Valley (4.5 km)
- Smythesdale (5.2 km)
- Haddon (6.4 km)
- Scarsdale (6.8 km)
- Carngham (6.9 km)
- Nintingbool (8 km)
- Bo Peep (8.4 km)
- Newtown (8.5 km)
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Streets
- Bishop Road (4)
- Blackfellows Lane (7)
- Burrumbeet-hillcrest Road (2)
- Canico Lane (3)
- Coolibah Lane (5)
- Haddon-preston Hill Road (4)
- Knights Road (5)
- Smythesdale-snake Valley Road (22)
