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Pakenham Upper VIC 3810

470 addresses · 31 streets

La Trobe Electorate › Cardinia LGA › Pakenham Upper · 53 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Pakenham Upper is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,196 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,593 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 3% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,196Population
44Median age
$2,593Median household income / wk
$255Median rent / wk
3.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Emerald - Cockatoo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pakenham Upper itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Pakenham, 8.2 km south · Railway halt: Fielder, 6.9 km north · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 36 km west.

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Sport & Recreation

2 facilities recorded in Pakenham Upper.

Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources10/10
Education & jobs8/10

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: 48.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Pakenham Upper

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Pakenham Upper VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202048.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202172.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 69.9%

Population by age in Pakenham Upper
Population by age, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-459
5-14153
15-1986
20-2473
25-3486
35-44146
45-54182
55-64214
65-74129
75-8460
85+14
Dwelling types in Pakenham Upper
Dwelling types, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House383
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Pakenham Upper
Households by weekly income, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$65030
$650-1,49975
$1,500-2,999113
$3,000+150
Top ancestries in Pakenham Upper
Top ancestries, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English483
Australian450
Irish152
Scottish144
Other92
German82
Housing tenure in Pakenham Upper
Housing tenure, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned164
Mortgage195
Rented13
Other4
Cars per household in Pakenham Upper
Cars per household, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
03
156
2128
391
4+101
Commute to work in Pakenham Upper
Commute to work, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car412
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked6
Bicycle0
Home173
Top countries of birth in Pakenham Upper
Top countries of birth, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England56
New Zealand15
Netherlands14
Germany7
Ireland7
South Africa7
Languages used at home in Pakenham Upper
Languages used at home, Pakenham Upper VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Punjabi7
Italian7
Hindi6
Australian Indigenous5
Sinhalese5
Russian5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

22,906 bird observations recorded near Pakenham Upper — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Pakenham Upper

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.