Muckleford VIC 3451
339 addresses · 49 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Mount Alexander LGA › Muckleford · 109 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Muckleford is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 426 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,848 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% 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 Castlemaine Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Muckleford itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 library
1 gym
2 golf clubs
1 butcher
1 hardware store
2 mechanics
Getting around. Train station: Castlemaine, 4.4 km east · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 39.9 km north.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Muckleford.
- Castlemaine Golf Course Golf
- Muckleford Recreation Reserve Cricket
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: 37.3% 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 | 37.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 60.3%
Population by age in Muckleford
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 55 |
| 15-19 | 35 |
| 20-24 | 21 |
| 25-34 | 30 |
| 35-44 | 41 |
| 45-54 | 74 |
| 55-64 | 70 |
| 65-74 | 57 |
| 75-84 | 25 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Muckleford
| House | 158 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Muckleford
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 62 |
| $3,000+ | 32 |
Top ancestries in Muckleford
| English | 205 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 186 |
| Irish | 47 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| Other | 22 |
Housing tenure in Muckleford
| Owned | 68 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 67 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Muckleford
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 62 |
| 3 | 33 |
| 4+ | 29 |
Commute to work in Muckleford
| Car | 121 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 55 |
Top countries of birth in Muckleford
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| India | 3 |
| Ireland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Muckleford
| Hindi | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
20,384 bird observations recorded near Muckleford — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,249)
- Little Raven (1,149)
- Australian Magpie (1,114)
- Red Wattlebird (1,001)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (990)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (910)
- Australian Wood Duck (902)
- Long-billed Corella (898)
- Pacific Black Duck (844)
- Galah (802)
- Crimson Rosella (794)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (767)
- Swift Parrot (721)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Muckleford
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (696)
- Common Bronzewing (636)
- Superb Fairy-wren (611)
- Dusky Moorhen (602)
- House Sparrow (537)
- Eastern Galah (502)
- Little Pied Cormorant (484)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (482)
- South Australian Silvereye (481)
- Spotted Pardalote (462)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (413)
- Masked Lapwing (410)
- Grey Fantail (395)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (389)
- Weebill (386)
- New Holland Honeyeater (385)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (372)
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 Muckleford:
- Mckenzie Hill (2 km)
- Campbells Creek (4.3 km)
- Castlemaine (4.6 km)
- Muckleford South (5.4 km)
- Yapeen (6.5 km)
- Moonlight Flat (6.9 km)
- Green Gully (7.5 km)
- Gower (8.3 km)
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Streets
- A Frame Track (1)
- Banya Street (6)
- Barramul Way (4)
- Bassett Road N (1)
- Bundjalung Track (1)
- Butchers Road (12)
- Castlemaine Road (1)
- Castlemaine-maldon Road (24)
- Conroys Lane (5)
- Creasys Road (6)
- Cruits Lane (4)
- Damien Court (2)
- Diamond Gully Road (6)
- Erin Court (15)
- Fords Road (1)
- Gilmore Road (3)
- Golf Links Road (5)
- Gunangara Drive (52)
- Gurri Drive (26)
- Halls Lane (1)
- Hamiltons Lane (6)
- Hunter Road (1)
- Leechs Road (1)
- Lewis Road (2)
- Lyndham Road (9)
- Maldon Road (1)
- Millott Lane (4)
- Muckleford School Road (8)
- Muckleford-castlemaine Road (5)
- Muckleford-walmer Road (25)
- Ngaari Court (4)
- Prison Farm Road (1)
- Pyrenees Highway (10)
- Ranters Gully Road (22)
- Rilens Road (17)
- Ross Road (13)
- Sawmill Road (3)
- Seelenmeyers Road (2)
- Sharps Lane (1)
- Sharps Road (4)
- Talbot Road (1)
- Talbot Track (2)
- Turners Lane (3)
- Watjarang Circuit (2)
- Willy Milly Road (5)
- Willy Road (1)
- Woodbrook Road (1)
- Woodmans Road (7)
- Wurrumuk Avenue (2)
