Mafeking VIC 3379
19 addresses · 6 streets
Wannon Electorate › Ararat LGA › Mafeking · 212 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Mafeking is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 20 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,625 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, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ararat Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mafeking 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: 64.9% 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 | 64.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Mafeking
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mafeking
| House | 7 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mafeking
| Australian | 10 |
|---|---|
| English | 4 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Mafeking
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mafeking
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Mafeking
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
898 bird observations recorded near Mafeking — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (43)
- Grey Fantail (40)
- White-throated Treecreeper (37)
- New Holland Honeyeater (36)
- Eastern Spinebill (35)
- Long-billed Corella (35)
- White-browed Scrubwren (35)
- Superb Fairy-wren (34)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (34)
- Brown Thornbill (33)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (33)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (33)
- Laughing Kookaburra (33)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mafeking
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (33)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (29)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (29)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (28)
- White-naped Honeyeater (28)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (26)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (25)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (25)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (25)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (24)
- Golden Whistler (24)
- Red Wattlebird (24)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (24)
- Striated Thornbill (24)
- Scarlet Robin (23)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (23)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (23)
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 Mafeking:
- Willaura North (13.8 km)
- Moyston (15.9 km)
- Mirranatwa (19 km)
- Willaura (19.7 km)
- Pomonal (21 km)
- Rocky Point (22 km)
- Bornes Hill (22.1 km)
- Maroona (23 km)
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Streets
- Jimmys Creek Road (1)
- Mafeking Road (8)
- Masons Road (1)
- Moyston-dunkeld Road (5)
- Muirhead Road (1)
- Regulating Basin Road (3)