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Melville Forest VIC 3315

35 addresses · 5 streets

Wannon Electorate › Southern Grampians LGA › Melville Forest · 275 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Melville Forest is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 63 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 58% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

63Population
36Median age
$1,187Median household income / wk
$150Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Grampians statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Melville Forest itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 15.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Melville Forest

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Melville Forest VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202015.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202117.9%

Demographics

Population by age in Melville Forest
Population by age, Melville Forest VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-44
5-149
15-197
20-244
25-345
35-4413
45-548
55-6412
65-744
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Melville Forest
Dwelling types, Melville Forest VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House22
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Melville Forest
Households by weekly income, Melville Forest VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4997
$1,500-2,9994
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Melville Forest
Top ancestries, Melville Forest VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Australian30
English25
Irish11
Scottish11
Other4
German3
Housing tenure in Melville Forest
Housing tenure, Melville Forest VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned9
Mortgage9
Rented4
Other9
Cars per household in Melville Forest
Cars per household, Melville Forest VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
24
38
4+3
Commute to work in Melville Forest
Commute to work, Melville Forest VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car20
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home12
Top countries of birth in Melville Forest
Top countries of birth, Melville Forest VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Canada3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,866 bird observations recorded near Melville Forest — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.