Lake Powell VIC 3597
25 addresses · 6 streets
Mallee Electorate › Swan Hill LGA › Lake Powell · 390 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Lake Powell is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 86 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,901 a week, with median rent near $130 a week. Most homes are houses. About 34% of households own their home and 66% rent. Most workers catch the bus to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Chinese. 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 Swan Hill Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lake Powell 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: 44.8% 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 | 44.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 70.1%
Population by age in Lake Powell
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 31 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lake Powell
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lake Powell
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Lake Powell
| Other | 49 |
|---|---|
| English | 13 |
| Australian | 9 |
| Chinese | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Irish | 7 |
Housing tenure in Lake Powell
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lake Powell
| 0 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Lake Powell
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 28 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Lake Powell
| Malaysia | 8 |
|---|---|
| Thailand | 8 |
Languages used at home in Lake Powell
| Mandarin | 8 |
|---|---|
| Thai | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,800 bird observations recorded near Lake Powell — most often seen:
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (84)
- Red-rumped Parrot (75)
- Grey Teal (73)
- Striated Pardalote (73)
- Whistling Kite (72)
- Australian Magpie (70)
- Willie Wagtail (70)
- Brown Treecreeper (68)
- Weebill (68)
- Australian Raven (66)
- Magpie-lark (63)
- Pacific Black Duck (63)
- Crested Pigeon (62)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lake Powell
- Galah (59)
- Mallee Ringneck (59)
- Bluebonnet (57)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (57)
- Little Raven (56)
- Common Bronzewing (55)
- White-faced Heron (54)
- Australian Wood Duck (53)
- Eastern Regent Parrot (53)
- Yellow Rosella (52)
- Sacred Kingfisher (50)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (49)
- Little Pied Cormorant (49)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (48)
- Rufous Whistler (48)
- Great Cormorant (47)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (47)
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 Powell:
- Tol Tol (10.4 km)
- Bannerton (11.6 km)
- Wandown (14.8 km)
- Robinvale Irrigation District Section E (15.4 km)
- Robinvale Irrigation District Section B (15.8 km)
- Robinvale Irrigation District Section D (17.7 km)
- Robinvale (18.4 km)
- Annuello (18.7 km)
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Streets
- Belsar Road (3)
- Berg Lane (1)
- Lake Carpul Road (2)
- Lake Powell Road (1)
- Murray Valley Highway (14)
- Zara Lane (4)
