Navigators VIC 3352
126 addresses · 22 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Moorabool LGA › Navigators · 94 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Navigators is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 276 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gordon (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Navigators itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
1 library
1 gym
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Ballarat, 8.5 km north-west · Bus interchange: Ballarat Station, 8.6 km north-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Navigators.
- Navigators Community Centre Recreation Reserve Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 14.9% 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 | 14.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 24.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 64.4%
Population by age in Navigators
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 40 |
| 15-19 | 25 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 36 |
| 55-64 | 34 |
| 65-74 | 47 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Navigators
| House | 89 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Navigators
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 23 |
Top ancestries in Navigators
| English | 135 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 92 |
| Irish | 56 |
| Scottish | 42 |
| Italian | 15 |
| German | 14 |
Housing tenure in Navigators
| Owned | 46 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 39 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Navigators
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Navigators
| Car | 78 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Navigators
| New Zealand | 7 |
|---|---|
| England | 6 |
| Scotland | 5 |
Languages used at home in Navigators
| Afrikaans | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,697 bird observations recorded near Navigators — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (546)
- Crimson Rosella (518)
- Superb Fairy-wren (419)
- Little Raven (386)
- Grey Fantail (364)
- Eurasian Blackbird (358)
- Laughing Kookaburra (356)
- Red Wattlebird (347)
- White-throated Treecreeper (332)
- Grey Currawong (330)
- Brown Thornbill (293)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (269)
- White-browed Scrubwren (237)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Navigators
- Pied Currawong (236)
- Spotted Pardalote (220)
- Galah (213)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (209)
- Striated Thornbill (200)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (198)
- Common Bronzewing (191)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (190)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (183)
- White-naped Honeyeater (175)
- Grey Butcherbird (155)
- White-winged Chough (152)
- White-eared Honeyeater (135)
- Australian Wood Duck (127)
- House Sparrow (121)
- New Holland Honeyeater (120)
- Pacific Black Duck (117)
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 Navigators:
- Dunnstown (4 km)
- Mount Helen (4.4 km)
- Warrenheip (4.7 km)
- Yendon (5 km)
- Mount Clear (5.4 km)
- Buninyong (5.7 km)
- Canadian (5.7 km)
- Leigh Creek (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Adam Lane (1)
- Boundary Road (7)
- Butlers Road (8)
- Ditchfield Road (1)
- Ditchfield Road N (1)
- Donnellys Road (3)
- Donnellys Road E (1)
- Dunnstown-yendon Road (1)
- Greenhill Road (1)
- Hewittsons Road (1)
- Kielys Road (3)
- Lyons Road (11)
- Magrees Road (2)
- Mccarthys Road (4)
- Mullanes Road (2)
- Navigator-dunnstown Road (12)
- Navigators Road (28)
- Pound Creek Road (11)
- Ramage Road (3)
- Ratcliffe Lane (1)
- Ted Lyons Road (7)
- Yankee Flat Road (17)
