Macs Cove VIC 3723
186 addresses · 8 streets
Indi Electorate › Mansfield LGA › Macs Cove · 124 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Macs Cove is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 121 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $933 a week, with median rent near $206 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mansfield (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Macs Cove itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
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: 25% 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 | 25.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 43.3%
Population by age in Macs Cove
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 36 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Macs Cove
| House | 55 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Macs Cove
| <$650 | 25 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Macs Cove
| Australian | 58 |
|---|---|
| English | 37 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Italian | 7 |
| Russian | 6 |
Housing tenure in Macs Cove
| Owned | 30 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Macs Cove
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Macs Cove
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Macs Cove
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
691 bird observations recorded near Macs Cove — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (37)
- Crimson Rosella (34)
- Laughing Kookaburra (34)
- Australian Magpie (32)
- Australian Wood Duck (31)
- Pied Currawong (31)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (29)
- Grey Fantail (28)
- Brown Thornbill (25)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (25)
- White-throated Treecreeper (25)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (24)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (23)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Macs Cove
- Red Wattlebird (22)
- Welcome Swallow (22)
- Willie Wagtail (22)
- Little Raven (21)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (21)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (20)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (19)
- New Holland Honeyeater (19)
- Spotted Pardalote (19)
- Australian Raven (18)
- Galah (17)
- Satin Bowerbird (16)
- White-faced Heron (16)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (16)
- Australian King-parrot (15)
- Common Starling (15)
- Eastern Spinebill (15)
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 Macs Cove:
- Howqua Inlet (1.8 km)
- Howqua (4.8 km)
- Piries (5.3 km)
- Mountain Bay (6.9 km)
- Goughs Bay (7.9 km)
- Delatite (8.4 km)
- Jamieson (8.7 km)
- Boorolite (9.1 km)
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Streets
- Ashwin Road (5)
- Jenkin Road (24)
- Mansfield-woods Point Road (16)
- River Bend Rise (20)
- Trout Stream Way (23)
- Valley Fair Rise (28)
- Village Way (23)
- Willow Lake Drive (47)
