Pennyroyal VIC 3235
103 addresses · 14 streets
Wannon Electorate › Surf Coast LGA › Pennyroyal · 118 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Pennyroyal is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 110 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,916 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers work from home. 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 Winchelsea statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pennyroyal itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 gym
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 23 km north-west.
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: 64.9% 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 | 64.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 63%
Population by age in Pennyroyal
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pennyroyal
| House | 34 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pennyroyal
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Pennyroyal
| English | 53 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 30 |
| Irish | 19 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Other | 9 |
Housing tenure in Pennyroyal
| Owned | 24 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pennyroyal
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Pennyroyal
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Pennyroyal
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| China | 3 |
Languages used at home in Pennyroyal
| Mandarin | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,697 bird observations recorded near Pennyroyal — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (441)
- Superb Fairy-wren (398)
- Crimson Rosella (396)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (315)
- Grey Fantail (283)
- Welcome Swallow (281)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (277)
- Laughing Kookaburra (234)
- Magpie-lark (219)
- Red Wattlebird (200)
- Brown Thornbill (190)
- Pacific Black Duck (154)
- White-faced Heron (153)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pennyroyal
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (151)
- Noisy Miner (148)
- Eastern Spinebill (147)
- Galah (144)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (141)
- Eurasian Blackbird (141)
- White-throated Treecreeper (140)
- Little Raven (134)
- Australian Wood Duck (124)
- Black Swan (122)
- White-necked Heron (118)
- New Holland Honeyeater (115)
- Striated Thornbill (112)
- Masked Lapwing (111)
- Willie Wagtail (105)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (103)
- Grey Butcherbird (100)
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 Pennyroyal:
- Deans Marsh (4.6 km)
- Murroon (4.7 km)
- Benwerrin (7.5 km)
- Whoorel (7.5 km)
- Boonah (8.4 km)
- Barwon Downs (10 km)
- Bambra (10.5 km)
- Birregurra (12.7 km)
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Streets
- Andersons Road (1)
- Barholme Lane (1)
- Bushes Road (1)
- Bushs Road (6)
- Carrong Track (2)
- Deans Marsh-lorne Road (7)
- Dunse Track (2)
- Gannons Road (2)
- Murroon Road (1)
- Pennyroyal School Road (5)
- Pennyroyal Station Road (23)
- Pennyroyal Valley Road (26)
- Pennyroyal-wymbooliel Road (15)
- Sincocks Road (11)
