Lake Rowan VIC 3727
80 addresses · 18 streets
Nicholls Electorate › Moira LGA › Lake Rowan · 195 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Lake Rowan is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 70 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,208 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Moira statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lake Rowan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Benalla Airport, 32.7 km south.
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: 3.4% 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 | 3.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 51.8%
Population by age in Lake Rowan
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lake Rowan
| House | 21 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lake Rowan
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Lake Rowan
| Australian | 36 |
|---|---|
| English | 22 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Lake Rowan
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lake Rowan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Lake Rowan
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,263 bird observations recorded near Lake Rowan — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (87)
- Willie Wagtail (70)
- Galah (69)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (69)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (61)
- Eastern Rosella (55)
- Common Starling (53)
- Australian Raven (47)
- White-winged Chough (47)
- Red-rumped Parrot (45)
- Magpie-lark (43)
- Welcome Swallow (42)
- House Sparrow (40)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lake Rowan
- Australian Wood Duck (38)
- Brown Treecreeper (37)
- Noisy Miner (37)
- Striated Pardalote (34)
- Crested Pigeon (33)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (33)
- Eastern Galah (33)
- Restless Flycatcher (33)
- Brown Falcon (31)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (31)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (30)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (30)
- Pacific Black Duck (29)
- Tree Martin (28)
- White-necked Heron (28)
- Laughing Kookaburra (25)
- Little Corella (25)
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
- Benalla-yarrawonga Road (14)
- Big Hill Road (1)
- Burns Road (2)
- Christian Street (2)
- Holmes Road (13)
- Howells Road (8)
- Lake Rowan Road (5)
- Lidgerwood Road (1)
- Macartney Road (2)
- Miller Road (3)
- Pelly Road (1)
- Savage Street (11)
- South Boundary Road (2)
- St James Road (4)
- Swamp Road (2)
- Wangaratta Road (5)
- Wilby Road (1)
- Willis Road (3)
