Musk Vale VIC 3461
107 addresses · 11 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Hepburn LGA › Musk Vale · 88 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Musk Vale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 170 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,410 a week, with median rent near $341 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Vale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Railway halt: Musk, 5.5 km east.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 82.7% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 8.3% · Labour-force participation 59.6%
Population by age in Musk Vale
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Musk Vale
| House | 64 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Musk Vale
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Musk Vale
| Australian | 82 |
|---|---|
| English | 56 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Other | 18 |
| German | 13 |
| Irish | 12 |
Housing tenure in Musk Vale
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Musk Vale
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Musk Vale
| Car | 50 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Musk Vale
| Thailand | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Musk Vale
| Thai | 4 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,173 bird observations recorded near Musk Vale — most often seen:
- Australian Wood Duck (508)
- Superb Fairy-wren (488)
- Pacific Black Duck (477)
- Crimson Rosella (475)
- Little Raven (458)
- White-browed Scrubwren (453)
- Australian Magpie (435)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (426)
- Eurasian Blackbird (420)
- Grey Fantail (410)
- Brown Thornbill (401)
- Eurasian Coot (398)
- Laughing Kookaburra (383)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Musk Vale
- White-naped Honeyeater (360)
- Dusky Moorhen (352)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (344)
- Long-billed Corella (326)
- Red Wattlebird (318)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (296)
- Pied Currawong (286)
- White-throated Treecreeper (277)
- Silvereye (250)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (236)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (231)
- Spotted Pardalote (231)
- Welcome Swallow (216)
- Striated Thornbill (192)
- Little Pied Cormorant (184)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (183)
- House Sparrow (159)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Musk Vale:
- Sailors Falls (2 km)
- Sailors Hill (2.3 km)
- Daylesford (4 km)
- Leonards Hill (4.6 km)
- Eganstown (4.6 km)
- Musk (6.1 km)
- Langdons Hill (6.9 km)
- Hepburn Springs (7 km)
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Streets
- Ballan-daylesford Road (46)
- Dwans Lane (5)
- Foxs Lane (1)
- Foxs Road (10)
- Hogans Lane (16)
- Manna Gum Road (3)
- Ridge Road (18)
- Specimen Hill Road (1)
- Trewins Lane (5)
- Vale Lane (1)
- Wombat Dam Road (1)
