Mckenzie Hill VIC 3451

Living Here

Mckenzie Hill is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 775 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,477 a week, with median rent near $409 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $835,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Castlemaine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mckenzie Hill itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

  • Winters Flat Primary School
  • Castlemaine Secondary College Senior Campus
  • Olivet Christian College
  • Campbells Creek Primary School
  • St Mary's Primary School
  • Castlemaine North Primary School
  • Castlemaine Steiner School
  • Castlemaine Primary School
  • Castlemaine Secondary College Junior Campus
• 31 cafés & restaurants

  • Aitken‘s Corner
  • Tandoori Cuizine
  • Klua Sathorn
  • Fig Cafe
  • Lazy Bones
  • Nem
  • Origini
  • Bella Fresca Pizzeria
  • Castlemaine Noodle
  • Taste Of The Orient Yum Cha House

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• 2 supermarkets

  • IGA
  • Maxi IGA
• 9 parks

  • McDonalds Reserve
  • West End Playground
  • Norwood Hill Progress Association Recreation Reserve
  • Lindsay Park
  • Morrissey Reserve
  • Camp Reserve
  • Victory Park
  • Western Reserve
  • Charles Fleay Memorial Playground
• 1 Catholic church

  • St. Marys
• 1 pharmacy

  • Amcal McKenzie Davey Pharmacy
• 3 doctors & medical clinics

  • Hearing Australia Castlemaine
  • Botanical Gardens Health
  • Melbourne Pathology
• 2 dentists

  • Castlemaine Smiles Dental Clinic
  • John Jeffries
• 4 physiotherapists

  • Freedom Physiotherapy
  • Health Actions
  • Castlemaine Physiotherapy
  • Castlemaine Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates
• 1 optometrist

  • Eyeworks Castlemaine
• 3 hospitals

  • Castlemaine Health
  • Mt Alexander Hospital
  • Maldon Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Castlemaine Veterinary Clinic
• 3 childcare & kindergartens

  • Ray Street Children's Centre
  • Busy Bees
  • Castlemaine Childcare Co-operative
• 1 library

  • Castlemaine Library
• 2 post offices

  • Castlemaine Post Office
  • Campbells Creek
• 3 service stations

  • Ampol
  • BP
  • Shell
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Castlemaine Rifle Range
  • Castlemaine Lawn Tennis Club
• 2 golf clubs

  • Castlemaine Golf Club
  • Mount Alexander Golf Club
• 1 playground

  • Lawrence Park Playground
• 5 bakeries

  • Johnny Baker Downtown
  • Mcshanag’s
  • Hot & Crusty Bakery
  • Sprout Bakery
  • Bakers Delight
• 1 butcher

  • Cliffords Quality Cuts
• 1 hardware store

  • Mt Alexander Timber and Hardware
• 5 hairdressers

  • 2.1.3 Hair Design
  • Pav’s Barber Shop
  • Undercut Club
  • The Maine Barber
  • Sylvias Hair Salon
• 2 beauty salons

  • Skin’n’tonic
  • Drummond Body Care
• 2 mechanics

  • Autopro Castlemaine
  • Tingays Smash Repairs
• 3 plumbers

  • Fasom
  • Max Smith
  • Camerons
• 6 places to stay

  • Castlemaine Colonial Motel and Apartments
  • Temperance House
  • BIG4 Castlemaine Gardens Holiday Park
  • Northern Arts Hotel
  • Castle Motel
  • The Albion Motel Castlemaine

Getting around. Train station: Castlemaine, 2.4 km east · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 39.2 km north.

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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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 39.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 55.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

35,117 bird observations recorded near Mckenzie Hill — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (2,283)
• Australian Magpie (1,864)
• Red Wattlebird (1,815)
• Little Raven (1,765)
• Eastern Red Wattlebird (1,700)
• Eastern Australian Magpie (1,590)
• Long-billed Corella (1,568)
• Crimson Rosella (1,541)
• South-eastern Crimson Rosella (1,398)
• Common Bronzewing (1,367)
• Galah (1,367)
• Australian Wood Duck (1,268)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,176)

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 Mckenzie Hill:

• Muckleford (2 km)
• Castlemaine (2.7 km)
• Campbells Creek (2.9 km)
• Moonlight Flat (4.9 km)
• Yapeen (6.3 km)
• Chewton (6.6 km)
• Muckleford South (6.9 km)
• Barkers Creek (7 km)

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