Launching Place VIC 3139

Living Here

Launching Place is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 2,495 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,830 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $689,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Yarra Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Launching Place itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 7 schools

  • Launching Place Primary School
  • Don Valley Primary School
  • Yarra Junction Primary School
  • Woori Yallock Primary School
  • St Joseph's Primary School
  • Cire Community School Yarra Junction Campus
  • Upper Yarra Secondary College
• 2 parks

  • Jadodade Park
  • Haining Farm
• 1 optometrist

  • Yarra Junction Optical
• 1 childcare centre

  • Launching Place preschool
• 2 libraries

  • Yarra Junction public library
  • Yarra Junction Library
• 1 post office

  • Yarra Junction Post Office
• 3 service stations

  • Caltex
  • BP
  • Shell
• 2 butchers

  • Meadow Valley
  • Quality Meats
• 1 hardware store

  • Yarra Junction Hacdware
• 3 mechanics

  • Launching Tyre and Mechanical
  • Bluey’s Automotive
  • Woori Yallock Motors
• 3 places to stay

  • Launching Place Craft Retreat
  • Doon Reserve Caravan Park
  • ADANAC CYC

Getting around. Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 47 km south-west.

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Sport & Recreation

1 facility recorded in Launching Place.

• Wickams Road Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)

Socio-economic Standing

Median Sale Prices

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 72.9% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 65.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

34,710 bird observations recorded near Launching Place — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (1,994)
• Eurasian Blackbird (1,885)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,638)
• Red Wattlebird (1,631)
• Grey Fantail (1,569)
• Australian Wood Duck (1,531)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,520)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,398)
• Common Myna (1,365)
• Little Raven (1,365)
• Crimson Rosella (1,253)
• Australian White Ibis (1,229)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,222)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Launching Place:

• Woori Yallock (3 km)
• Yarra Junction (4.2 km)
• Don Valley (4.7 km)
• Seville East (6.5 km)
• Wesburn (6.5 km)
• Mount Toolebewong (6.6 km)
• Hoddles Creek (7 km)
• Yellingbo (7.4 km)

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