Lake Goldsmith VIC 3373
31 addresses · 12 streets
Wannon Electorate › Pyrenees LGA › Lake Goldsmith · 142 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Lake Goldsmith is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 22 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $749 a week, with median rent near $1 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Lake Goldsmith itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Beaufort, 11.6 km north · Airport: Ararat Airport, 42.9 km north-west.
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: 1.7% 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 | 1.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Lake Goldsmith
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lake Goldsmith
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Lake Goldsmith
| English | 13 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Lake Goldsmith
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lake Goldsmith
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Lake Goldsmith
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,318 bird observations recorded near Lake Goldsmith — most often seen:
- Black Swan (371)
- Grey Teal (349)
- Little Raven (306)
- Australian Shelduck (304)
- Pacific Black Duck (287)
- White-faced Heron (264)
- Eurasian Coot (247)
- Brolga (232)
- Australasian Shoveler (231)
- Superb Fairy-wren (230)
- European Goldfinch (212)
- Chestnut Teal (203)
- Australian Magpie (201)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lake Goldsmith
- Masked Lapwing (197)
- Magpie-lark (188)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (185)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (182)
- Welcome Swallow (178)
- Silver Gull (174)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (173)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (169)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (168)
- Pink-eared Duck (164)
- Red Wattlebird (163)
- Red-capped Plover (160)
- Hardhead (158)
- Eurasian Blackbird (156)
- Straw-necked Ibis (156)
- Red-necked Stint (155)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (155)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Carngham-lake Goldsmith Road (10)
- Cheesemans Road (2)
- Cross Road (1)
- Cushing Road (2)
- Dooleys Road (6)
- Frog Hollow Road (1)
- Lake Goldsmith-stockyard Hill Road (1)
- Lake Goldsmith-stockyard Hilll Road (1)
- Millars Road (2)
- Old Skipton Road (1)
- Skipton Road (3)
- Thompsons Road (1)
