Kinglake Central VIC 3757
269 addresses · 19 streets
Indi Electorate › Murrindindi LGA › Kinglake Central · 47 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Kinglake Central is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 413 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,648 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Kinglake statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kinglake Central itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 post office
2 service stations
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 44.5 km south-west.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Kinglake Central.
- Bowden Spur Cycling
- Kinglake Indoor Sports Stadium Basketball, Netball (Indoor)
- Kinglake Memorial Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 49.9% 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 | 49.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 66.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 60.1%
Population by age in Kinglake Central
| 0-4 | 26 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 38 |
| 15-19 | 34 |
| 20-24 | 23 |
| 25-34 | 42 |
| 35-44 | 46 |
| 45-54 | 64 |
| 55-64 | 81 |
| 65-74 | 40 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kinglake Central
| House | 138 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kinglake Central
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 48 |
| $3,000+ | 21 |
Top ancestries in Kinglake Central
| Australian | 174 |
|---|---|
| English | 156 |
| Ancestry NS | 44 |
| Irish | 43 |
| Scottish | 42 |
| Italian | 23 |
Housing tenure in Kinglake Central
| Owned | 55 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 65 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Kinglake Central
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 54 |
| 3 | 40 |
| 4+ | 23 |
Commute to work in Kinglake Central
| Car | 111 |
|---|---|
| Train | 5 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 53 |
Top countries of birth in Kinglake Central
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| India | 5 |
Languages used at home in Kinglake Central
| Punjabi | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,743 bird observations recorded near Kinglake Central — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (354)
- Brown Thornbill (317)
- White-throated Treecreeper (295)
- Pied Currawong (290)
- Grey Fantail (281)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (266)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (261)
- White-browed Scrubwren (251)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (248)
- Superb Lyrebird (241)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (230)
- Eurasian Blackbird (226)
- Laughing Kookaburra (226)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kinglake Central
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (224)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (222)
- Australian Magpie (216)
- Superb Fairy-wren (214)
- Red Wattlebird (211)
- Striated Thornbill (200)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (198)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (191)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (187)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (187)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (183)
- Eastern Spinebill (181)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (177)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (172)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (171)
- Silvereye (167)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (156)
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 Kinglake Central:
- Kinglake (3.5 km)
- Pheasant Creek (4.5 km)
- Strathewen (6 km)
- Kinglake West (6.3 km)
- Castella (9.1 km)
- Steels Creek (10.4 km)
- St Andrews (10.5 km)
- Arthurs Creek (12.4 km)
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Streets
- Bald Spur Road (24)
- Beale Avenue (8)
- Blackwood Lane (1)
- Bowden Spur Road (2)
- Candlebark Track (1)
- Captains Creek Road (4)
- Cummins Creek Road (1)
- Daniels Road (2)
- Deviation Road (23)
- Extons Road (64)
- Grandview Crescent (34)
- Johnsons Road (3)
- Ogradys Road (8)
- Powers Road (17)
- Rifle Range Road (3)
- Sims Road (7)
- Stokes Road (2)
- Sutherland Road (9)
- Whittlesea-kinglake Road (56)
