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Mount Mercer VIC 3352

77 addresses · 10 streets

Ballarat Electorate › Golden Plains LGA › Mount Mercer · 96 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Mount Mercer is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 94 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,958 a week, with median rent near $258 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

94Population
45Median age
$1,958Median household income / wk
$258Median rent / wk
3.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Golden Plains - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Mercer itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Mercer

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Mercer VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20205.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202110.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 72%

Population by age in Mount Mercer
Population by age, Mount Mercer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-45
5-1417
15-193
20-245
25-3410
35-4414
45-5413
55-6414
65-7411
75-844
85+5
Dwelling types in Mount Mercer
Dwelling types, Mount Mercer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House31
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Mercer
Households by weekly income, Mount Mercer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4990
$1,500-2,9997
$3,000+9
Top ancestries in Mount Mercer
Top ancestries, Mount Mercer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English55
Australian35
Scottish20
Irish13
German9
Ancestry NS8
Housing tenure in Mount Mercer
Housing tenure, Mount Mercer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned16
Mortgage10
Rented4
Other0
Cars per household in Mount Mercer
Cars per household, Mount Mercer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
10
211
33
4+10
Commute to work in Mount Mercer
Commute to work, Mount Mercer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car31
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked3
Bicycle0
Home16
Top countries of birth in Mount Mercer
Top countries of birth, Mount Mercer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,030 bird observations recorded near Mount Mercer — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Mercer

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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