Leichardt VIC 3516
68 addresses · 18 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Greater Bendigo LGA › Leichardt · 146 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Leichardt is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 167 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,312 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bendigo Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Leichardt itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Bendigo Airport, 20.6 km east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Leichardt.
- Leichardt Tennis Club 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: 4.2% 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 | 4.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 75.7%
Population by age in Leichardt
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 27 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Leichardt
| House | 49 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Leichardt
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Leichardt
| Australian | 96 |
|---|---|
| English | 68 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Hungarian | 8 |
| Indian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Leichardt
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 22 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Leichardt
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Leichardt
| Car | 72 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,069 bird observations recorded near Leichardt — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (94)
- Australian Magpie (87)
- Eastern Rosella (57)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (56)
- Galah (55)
- Red Wattlebird (53)
- Little Raven (46)
- Musk Lorikeet (42)
- Magpie-lark (41)
- Australian Raven (40)
- Long-billed Corella (36)
- White-winged Chough (34)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (33)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Leichardt
- Willie Wagtail (33)
- Striated Pardalote (32)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (27)
- Common Starling (26)
- Red-rumped Parrot (26)
- Australian Wood Duck (25)
- Eastern Galah (25)
- Eastern Australian Raven (24)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (24)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (24)
- Common Myna (21)
- Crested Pigeon (21)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (20)
- Dusky Woodswallow (17)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (17)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (17)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (16)
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 Leichardt:
- Wilsons Hill (4.4 km)
- Marong (5.6 km)
- Myers Flat (8.4 km)
- Campbells Forest (9 km)
- Derby (9.2 km)
- Woodvale (10.2 km)
- Woodstock On Loddon (11.4 km)
- Maiden Gully (11.4 km)
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Streets
- Bells Road (3)
- Calder Highway (5)
- Cleary Road (4)
- Connors Road (2)
- Derby Road (1)
- Forest Drive (3)
- Hamiltons Road (1)
- Hardys Lane (9)
- Houliston Road (3)
- Leichardt Road (2)
- Lyndale Road (1)
- Marong-serpentine Road (13)
- Myers Flat Road (8)
- Northlands Road (1)
- Oswalds Road (1)
- Robbins Road (1)
- Sunrise Drive (6)
- Wilsons Road (4)
