Junortoun VIC 3551

Living Here

Junortoun is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 3,862 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,170 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $822,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Strathfieldsaye statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Junortoun itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 7 schools

  • Catherine McAuley College Coolock Campus
  • Strathfieldsaye Primary School
  • St Francis of the Fields Primary School
  • Victory Christian College
  • Kennington Primary School
  • St Therese's Primary School
  • Bendigo South East College
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Chasers
• 1 park

  • Bark Reserve
• 3 Catholic churches

  • St Therese's Church
  • Saint Josephs
  • St Joseph's Catholic Church
• 5 hospitals

  • Bendigo Health
  • Anne Caudle Campus
  • Emergency Department
  • St John of God Bendigo Hospital
  • Bendigo Day Surgery
• 2 post offices

  • Australia Post - Junortoun LPO
  • Australia Post - Strathfieldsaye LPO
• 3 service stations

  • 7-Eleven
  • APCO - Strathdale
  • BP Truckstop
• 1 gym

  • Wellsford Rifle Range
• 3 golf clubs

  • Quarry Hill Golf Course
  • Bendigo Golf Club
  • Neangar Park Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • McIvor Forest Estate Playspace
• 1 dog park

  • Harcourt Park
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 1 mechanic

  • Sandhurst Automotive
• 6 places to stay

  • BIG4 Bendigo Park Lane Holiday Park
  • Crystal Inn
  • Golden Reef Motor Inn
  • All Seasons Resort Hotel Bendigo
  • Bendigo McIvor Motor Inn
  • Brougham Arms Motel

Getting around. Train station: Bendigo, 6.3 km west · Bus interchange: Bendigo Station/Railway Pl, 6.3 km west · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 4.8 km north-west.

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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: 31.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 63.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

21,798 bird observations recorded near Junortoun — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (1,462)
• Red Wattlebird (1,245)
• Noisy Miner (1,161)
• Galah (1,077)
• Eastern Rosella (1,076)
• Magpie-lark (887)
• Crested Pigeon (836)
• Pacific Black Duck (782)
• Superb Fairy-wren (782)
• Little Raven (769)
• Australian Raven (742)
• White-winged Chough (713)
• Striated Pardalote (712)

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 Junortoun:

• Strathfieldsaye (3.4 km)
• Strathdale (3.4 km)
• Kennington (4.6 km)
• East Bendigo (4.8 km)
• Flora Hill (5.3 km)
• Spring Gully (6.2 km)
• Quarry Hill (6.3 km)
• White Hills (6.6 km)

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