Musk VIC 3461
139 addresses · 17 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Hepburn LGA › Musk · 84 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Musk is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 177 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Daylesford statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Musk itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 library
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Railway halt: Musk, 700 m south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 51.9% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 41.4%
Population by age in Musk
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Musk
| House | 69 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Musk
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 36 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Musk
| English | 60 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 48 |
| Scottish | 40 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Other | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
Housing tenure in Musk
| Owned | 44 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Musk
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 36 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Musk
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Musk
| Malaysia | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Malta | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,567 bird observations recorded near Musk — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (246)
- Crimson Rosella (223)
- Laughing Kookaburra (221)
- White-browed Scrubwren (219)
- Brown Thornbill (213)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (211)
- White-naped Honeyeater (198)
- White-throated Treecreeper (195)
- Australian Wood Duck (192)
- Grey Fantail (192)
- Australian Magpie (186)
- Pacific Black Duck (169)
- Eurasian Blackbird (157)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Musk
- Little Raven (154)
- Eurasian Coot (150)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (146)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (145)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (129)
- Striated Thornbill (128)
- Dusky Moorhen (121)
- Long-billed Corella (118)
- Red Wattlebird (113)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (111)
- Spotted Pardalote (111)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (106)
- Pied Currawong (96)
- Silvereye (91)
- Galah (76)
- Little Pied Cormorant (76)
- White-eared Honeyeater (74)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Musk:
- Bullarto (3.8 km)
- Coomoora (3.8 km)
- Wheatsheaf (4.8 km)
- Daylesford (5.4 km)
- Bullarto South (5.9 km)
- Musk Vale (6.1 km)
- Lyonville (6.2 km)
- Sailors Hill (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Apple Tree Lane (5)
- Barhams Road (6)
- Cantillons Road (6)
- Coopers Lane (3)
- Currys Hill Road (6)
- Currys Road (16)
- Dairy Flat Road (22)
- Daylesford-trentham Road (26)
- Dolphins Road (9)
- Ilsley Lane (2)
- Leitches Creek Road (3)
- Marshalls Road (7)
- Quines Road (5)
- Roddas Lane (2)
- Rodonis Road (7)
- School Road (5)
- Wheelers Hill Road (9)