Mead VIC 3568
64 addresses · 14 streets
Mallee Electorate › Gannawarra LGA › Mead · 235 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Mead is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 102 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,343 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% 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 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gannawarra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mead itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Kerang Airport, 17.4 km north-west.
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: 1.3% 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 | 1.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Mead
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mead
| House | 37 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mead
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mead
| Australian | 49 |
|---|---|
| English | 34 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Filipino | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Mead
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Mead
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Mead
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Mead
| Philippines | 7 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Languages used at home in Mead
| Tagalog | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,838 bird observations recorded near Mead — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (228)
- Pacific Black Duck (227)
- Grey Teal (217)
- House Sparrow (210)
- Straw-necked Ibis (210)
- Superb Fairy-wren (191)
- Common Starling (189)
- Australian White Ibis (186)
- White-faced Heron (183)
- Swamp Harrier (168)
- Brown Falcon (163)
- Black Swan (162)
- Little Raven (162)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mead
- Australian Magpie (156)
- Great Egret (156)
- Australian Pelican (152)
- Willie Wagtail (149)
- Little Pied Cormorant (145)
- Red-rumped Parrot (143)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (139)
- White-necked Heron (136)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (136)
- White-fronted Chat (134)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (133)
- Eurasian Coot (133)
- Welcome Swallow (133)
- Australian Shelduck (127)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (126)
- Crested Pigeon (122)
- Zebra Finch (122)
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 Mead:
- Milnes Bridge (4.2 km)
- Macorna North (4.6 km)
- Cullen (4.8 km)
- Mcmillans (5.8 km)
- Cohuna (9 km)
- Kerang East (9.5 km)
- Koroop (9.5 km)
- Gannawarra (10.4 km)
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Streets
- Coopers Road (1)
- Crichtons Road (2)
- Dobson Road (4)
- Duffs Road (4)
- Isaacs Road (2)
- Mead Hall Road (1)
- Mead Post Office Road (14)
- Mead Road (21)
- Murray Valley Highway (5)
- Schwenckes Road (1)
- Semples Road (2)
- Stirlings Road (3)
- Wakemans Road (3)
- Wisharts Road (1)
