Milawa VIC 3678
336 addresses · 27 streets
Indi Electorate › Wangaratta LGA › Milawa · 200 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Milawa is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 588 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,674 a week, with median rent near $304 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 10% 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.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wangaratta Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Milawa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 hospital
1 gym
1 golf club
2 bakeries
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Wangaratta Airport, 12 km west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Milawa.
- Milawa Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 8.3% 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 | 8.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 13.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 64.4%
Population by age in Milawa
| 0-4 | 44 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 79 |
| 15-19 | 31 |
| 20-24 | 23 |
| 25-34 | 30 |
| 35-44 | 73 |
| 45-54 | 81 |
| 55-64 | 95 |
| 65-74 | 80 |
| 75-84 | 46 |
| 85+ | 12 |
Dwelling types in Milawa
| House | 208 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in Milawa
| <$650 | 33 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 54 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 70 |
| $3,000+ | 38 |
Top ancestries in Milawa
| English | 260 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 257 |
| Irish | 116 |
| Scottish | 91 |
| German | 41 |
| Italian | 23 |
Housing tenure in Milawa
| Owned | 112 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 82 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Milawa
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 42 |
| 2 | 94 |
| 3 | 44 |
| 4+ | 27 |
Commute to work in Milawa
| Car | 194 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 46 |
Top countries of birth in Milawa
| England | 23 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Philippines | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Milawa
| Samoan | 4 |
|---|---|
| French | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,441 bird observations recorded near Milawa — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (161)
- House Sparrow (148)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (117)
- Superb Fairy-wren (115)
- Willie Wagtail (114)
- Galah (103)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (103)
- Eurasian Blackbird (97)
- Magpie-lark (96)
- Welcome Swallow (95)
- Common Starling (89)
- Laughing Kookaburra (86)
- Straw-necked Ibis (85)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Milawa
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (81)
- Crested Pigeon (80)
- Eastern Rosella (72)
- Australian White Ibis (69)
- Australian Raven (67)
- Grey Fantail (65)
- Red-rumped Parrot (64)
- White-faced Heron (64)
- Masked Lapwing (61)
- Australian Wood Duck (59)
- Common Myna (58)
- Pacific Black Duck (54)
- Pied Currawong (51)
- Red Wattlebird (51)
- White-necked Heron (47)
- Crimson Rosella (45)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (44)
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 Milawa:
- Oxley (4.8 km)
- Oxley Flats (6.2 km)
- Tarrawingee (6.7 km)
- Markwood (7 km)
- Docker (9.1 km)
- Everton (10.2 km)
- East Wangaratta (10.2 km)
- Bobinawarrah (11.1 km)
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Streets
- Allans Lane (5)
- Cabernet Court (6)
- Chardonnay Drive (30)
- Church Lane (9)
- Colemans Lane (9)
- Forest Lane (2)
- Goodwins Lane (8)
- Home Station Lane (3)
- Ivones Lane (6)
- Kerrs Road (20)
- Lauriston Avenue (25)
- Markwood-tarrawingee Road (11)
- Milawa-bobinawarrah Road (93)
- Milawa-tarrawingee Road (8)
- Murdochs Lane (2)
- Oxley Flats Road (13)
- Oxley Plains Road (2)
- Oxley-meadow Creek Road (1)
- Reillys Lane (1)
- Robinsons Lane (3)
- Snow Road (50)
- Sportsground Lane (1)
- Tarrango Terrace (13)
- Whorouly-bobinawarrah Road (2)
- Williams Lane (1)
- Woodberrys Lane (3)
- Woodwarrah Avenue (9)
