Lake Charm VIC 3581
116 addresses · 24 streets
Mallee Electorate › Gannawarra LGA › Lake Charm · 266 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Lake Charm is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 147 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,321 a week, with median rent near $188 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gannawarra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lake Charm itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 post office
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Kerang Airport, 20.1 km south-east.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Lake Charm.
- Lake Charm Jet Skiing, Sailing, Water Skiing
- Lake Charm Tennis Courts 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: 1.4% 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 | 1.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 52.7%
Population by age in Lake Charm
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lake Charm
| House | 51 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lake Charm
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Lake Charm
| English | 66 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 54 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Lake Charm
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lake Charm
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Lake Charm
| Car | 33 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Lake Charm
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 4 |
| India | 3 |
Languages used at home in Lake Charm
| Punjabi | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,100 bird observations recorded near Lake Charm — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (280)
- Common Starling (193)
- Welcome Swallow (168)
- Whistling Kite (167)
- Crested Pigeon (164)
- Australasian Darter (163)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (159)
- Pied Cormorant (159)
- Pacific Black Duck (152)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (151)
- Magpie-lark (150)
- Great Cormorant (148)
- Red-rumped Parrot (140)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lake Charm
- Swamp Harrier (138)
- Whiskered Tern (134)
- Willie Wagtail (130)
- Australian Magpie (129)
- House Sparrow (129)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (126)
- Galah (124)
- Little Black Cormorant (119)
- Silver Gull (117)
- Eurasian Coot (100)
- Australian Shelduck (99)
- Caspian Tern (98)
- Black Swan (97)
- Little Pied Cormorant (95)
- Straw-necked Ibis (92)
- Superb Fairy-wren (91)
- Nankeen Kestrel (88)
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 Lake Charm:
- Mystic Park (6.7 km)
- Reedy Lake (7.8 km)
- Fairley (9.2 km)
- Capels Crossing (9.3 km)
- Murrabit West (12.3 km)
- Benjeroop (12.4 km)
- Winlaton (13.3 km)
- Westby (13.5 km)
Embed this suburb
Add this free Lake Charm stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Lake Charm
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Ash Road (1)
- Baulch Road (2)
- Benjeroop-lake Charm Road (16)
- Boat Ramp Road (2)
- Bowdens Bridge Road (3)
- Dwyer Road (1)
- Gorton Drive (2)
- Hall Road (1)
- Heffer Road (1)
- Hogg Road (2)
- Horsfall Road (5)
- Kangaroo Lake Road (2)
- Lake Charm East Road (15)
- Lake Charm-quambatook Road (6)
- Mcfarlane Road (20)
- Murray Valley Highway (16)
- Needle Tree Road (1)
- Old Charm Road (1)
- Park Road (5)
- Perkins Road (2)
- Pineview Court (5)
- Race Course Road (4)
- Stevenson Road (2)
- Wells Road (1)
