Moonlight Flat VIC 3450

Living Here

Moonlight Flat is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 81 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $650 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

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: Moonlight Flat itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

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

  • The Green Folly Cafe
  • Bold Garden Cafe
  • The Albion Castlemaine
  • The Dove Country Eats
  • A Table Bistro And Bar Á Vin
  • SAFFS Cafe
  • Kebabs
  • The Royal Sultan
  • Gaia's Goodness
  • Naam Pla

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• 3 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Maxi IGA
  • IGA
• 7 parks

  • Forest Creek Gold Workings Heritage Walk
  • Victory Park
  • Western Reserve
  • Chewton Soldiers Memorial Park
  • Castlemaine Botanic Garden
  • Camp Reserve
  • Charles Fleay Memorial Playground
• 1 Catholic church

  • St. Marys
• 1 pharmacy

  • Amcal McKenzie Davey Pharmacy
• 3 doctors & medical clinics

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

  • John Jeffries
  • Castlemaine Smiles Dental Clinic
• 4 physiotherapists

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

  • Eyeworks Castlemaine
• 2 hospitals

  • Castlemaine Health
  • Mt Alexander Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Castlemaine Veterinary Clinic
• 1 childcare centre

  • Castlemaine Childcare Co-operative
• 1 library

  • Castlemaine Library
• 1 post office

  • Castlemaine Post Office
• 3 service stations

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

  • Castlemaine Lawn Tennis Club
  • Chewton Swimming Pool
• 2 golf clubs

  • Mount Alexander Golf Club
  • Castlemaine Golf Club
• 7 bakeries

  • Wesley Hill Bake House
  • Bakers Delight
  • Hot & Crusty Bakery
  • Johnny Baker Downtown
  • Mcshanag’s
  • Johnny Baker Uptown
  • Sprout Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • Cliffords Quality Cuts
• 1 hardware store

  • Mt Alexander Timber and Hardware
• 5 hairdressers

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

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

  • Tingays Smash Repairs
  • Autopro Castlemaine
• 3 plumbers

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

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

Getting around. Train station: Castlemaine, 2.6 km west · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 37.1 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.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 75.1% 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

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

43,830 bird observations recorded near Moonlight Flat — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (2,751)
• Australian Magpie (2,340)
• Red Wattlebird (2,211)
• Little Raven (2,072)
• Crimson Rosella (2,026)
• Eastern Australian Magpie (1,879)
• Eastern Red Wattlebird (1,867)
• Long-billed Corella (1,831)
• South-eastern Crimson Rosella (1,752)
• Galah (1,680)
• Common Bronzewing (1,616)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,616)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,526)

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 Moonlight Flat:

• Castlemaine (2.3 km)
• Golden Point (2.8 km)
• Chewton (2.9 km)
• Chewton Bushlands (4.6 km)
• Campbells Creek (4.8 km)
• Mckenzie Hill (4.9 km)
• Faraday (4.9 km)
• Barkers Creek (4.9 km)

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