Howqua VIC 3723
68 addresses · 3 streets
Indi Electorate › Mansfield LGA › Howqua · 127 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Howqua is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 158 people, with a median age of 15. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week. Most homes are houses. About 38% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mansfield (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Howqua itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 78% 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 | 78.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 89.6% |
Demographics
Population by age in Howqua
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 59 |
| 15-19 | 38 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Howqua
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Howqua
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Howqua
| Australian | 83 |
|---|---|
| English | 48 |
| Chinese | 22 |
| Other | 16 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| German | 11 |
Housing tenure in Howqua
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Howqua
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Howqua
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 16 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Howqua
| China | 9 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Languages used at home in Howqua
| Mandarin | 20 |
|---|---|
| Polish | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
645 bird observations recorded near Howqua — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (35)
- White-throated Treecreeper (32)
- Crimson Rosella (31)
- Grey Fantail (29)
- Laughing Kookaburra (27)
- Spotted Pardalote (27)
- Australian Magpie (25)
- Australian Wood Duck (25)
- Australian King-parrot (23)
- Brown Thornbill (23)
- Pied Currawong (23)
- Red Wattlebird (22)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (22)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Howqua
- Satin Bowerbird (21)
- White-naped Honeyeater (21)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (20)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (20)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (20)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (18)
- Pacific Black Duck (18)
- Welcome Swallow (18)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (17)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (17)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (17)
- Australian Raven (16)
- Scarlet Robin (16)
- White-browed Scrubwren (16)
- Willie Wagtail (16)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (15)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (15)
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 Howqua:
- Macs Cove (4.8 km)
- Howqua Inlet (5.6 km)
- Jamieson (8.6 km)
- Piries (8.7 km)
- Boorolite (8.8 km)
- Delatite (10.3 km)
- Mountain Bay (11.6 km)
- Howqua Hills (12.6 km)
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Streets
- Ashwin Road (9)
- Howqua River Road (57)
- Mansfield-woods Point Road (2)