Newtown VIC 3351
109 addresses · 16 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Golden Plains LGA › Newtown · 116 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Newtown is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 189 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,025 a week, with median rent near $103 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 vet
1 childcare centre
1 post office
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: 18.7% 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 | 18.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 52.3%
Population by age in Newtown
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 24 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Newtown
| House | 69 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Newtown
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Newtown
| Australian | 92 |
|---|---|
| English | 72 |
| Irish | 19 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Dutch | 8 |
Housing tenure in Newtown
| Owned | 36 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 28 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Newtown
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 38 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Newtown
| Car | 56 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Newtown
| Thailand | 8 |
|---|---|
| England | 6 |
| Malta | 3 |
Languages used at home in Newtown
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,584 bird observations recorded near Newtown — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (192)
- Little Raven (164)
- Superb Fairy-wren (145)
- Crimson Rosella (127)
- Grey Fantail (126)
- European Goldfinch (109)
- Eurasian Blackbird (105)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (101)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (100)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (96)
- Brown Thornbill (94)
- Welcome Swallow (93)
- Peregrine Falcon (82)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Newtown
- Common Starling (81)
- Grey Currawong (80)
- White-throated Treecreeper (71)
- Rufous Whistler (69)
- Long-billed Corella (65)
- Laughing Kookaburra (60)
- Red Wattlebird (60)
- Striated Thornbill (60)
- New Holland Honeyeater (59)
- Silvereye (59)
- Australian Wood Duck (58)
- Galah (58)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (56)
- White-browed Scrubwren (56)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (53)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (53)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (52)
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 Newtown:
- Scarsdale (2.1 km)
- Piggoreet (4 km)
- Smythesdale (6.3 km)
- Happy Valley (6.6 km)
- Springdallah (6.8 km)
- Staffordshire Reef (6.8 km)
- Hillcrest (8.5 km)
- Linton (8.7 km)
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Streets
- Aisbett Road (1)
- Browns Road (1)
- Galatea Road (18)
- Gemini Lane (3)
- Glens Road (5)
- Hayward Road (4)
- Haywards Road (4)
- Heads Road (1)
- Jenkins Road (2)
- Jensens Road (4)
- Pitfield Road (3)
- Pitfield-scarsdale Road (49)
- Recreation Road (1)
- Staffordshire Reef Road (1)
- Stickland Road (10)
- Wards Road (2)
