Moonambel VIC 3478
221 addresses · 38 streets
Mallee Electorate › Pyrenees LGA › Moonambel · 172 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Moonambel is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 185 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $955 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Avoca statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Moonambel itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 park
Getting around. Airport: Ararat Airport, 45.9 km south-west.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Moonambel.
- Moonambel Recreation Australian Rules Football, Cricket
- Moonambel Tennis Club 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: 25.5% 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 | 25.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 38.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 39%
Population by age in Moonambel
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 8 |
Dwelling types in Moonambel
| House | 75 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Households by weekly income in Moonambel
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 45 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Moonambel
| English | 85 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 68 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in Moonambel
| Owned | 48 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Moonambel
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Moonambel
| Car | 33 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Moonambel
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 5 |
| Scotland | 4 |
Languages used at home in Moonambel
| Tagalog | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,845 bird observations recorded near Moonambel — most often seen:
- Grey Shrike-thrush (98)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (93)
- Crimson Rosella (87)
- Red Wattlebird (87)
- Australian Magpie (83)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (79)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (75)
- Long-billed Corella (75)
- Superb Fairy-wren (72)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (65)
- Willie Wagtail (65)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (62)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (62)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Moonambel
- White-throated Treecreeper (58)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (57)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (55)
- Brown Treecreeper (54)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (54)
- Red-rumped Parrot (53)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (53)
- Australian Raven (52)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (52)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (51)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (46)
- Western Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (45)
- Dusky Woodswallow (44)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (44)
- Galah (43)
- Striated Pardalote (41)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (40)
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 Moonambel:
- Warrenmang (5.2 km)
- Redbank (5.9 km)
- Tanwood (6.1 km)
- Frenchmans (9.6 km)
- Percydale (10.3 km)
- Barkly (10.4 km)
- Moyreisk (13.2 km)
- Natte Yallock (14.1 km)
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Streets
- Back Cemetery Road (1)
- Black Mares Lane (5)
- Bonsors Road (1)
- Bonsors Track (1)
- Borbidge Lane (5)
- Brooke Street (23)
- Bundaleer Road (5)
- Cemetery Road (1)
- Church Street (1)
- Coleman Road (2)
- Cudmore Road (4)
- Goddard Lane (2)
- Grant Street (3)
- Greens Lane (10)
- Harrisons Back Road (8)
- Hope Road (2)
- Hope Street (2)
- Humffray Street (10)
- Hunter Street (3)
- Mcadams Lane (5)
- Meaghers Road (6)
- Moonambel Back Road (1)
- Moonambel-natte Yallock Road (7)
- Moonambel-warrenmang Road (7)
- Morris Lane (7)
- Mountain Creek Road (5)
- Mountain View Road (7)
- Mugsies Lane (6)
- Polleters Road (2)
- Slaters Lane (5)
- Stawell-avoca Road (32)
- Taltarni Road (12)
- Tormeys Road (14)
- Wild Dog Road (3)
- Wild Dog Track (3)
- Woods Street (7)
- Wright Road (1)
- Wright Street (2)
