Pheasant Creek VIC 3757
175 addresses · 14 streets
Indi Electorate › Murrindindi LGA › Pheasant Creek · 47 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Pheasant Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 360 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,136 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kinglake statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pheasant Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
Getting around. Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 43.9 km south-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Pheasant Creek.
- BSX (Bicycle Supercross) BMX
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: 54.7% 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 | 54.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 58.5%
Population by age in Pheasant Creek
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 51 |
| 15-19 | 23 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 27 |
| 35-44 | 56 |
| 45-54 | 60 |
| 55-64 | 50 |
| 65-74 | 37 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pheasant Creek
| House | 104 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pheasant Creek
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 27 |
Top ancestries in Pheasant Creek
| Australian | 139 |
|---|---|
| English | 133 |
| Ancestry NS | 60 |
| Irish | 41 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| Other | 29 |
Housing tenure in Pheasant Creek
| Owned | 43 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 56 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pheasant Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 27 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Pheasant Creek
| Car | 90 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 40 |
Top countries of birth in Pheasant Creek
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| India | 5 |
| Italy | 5 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Iraq | 3 |
Languages used at home in Pheasant Creek
| Punjabi | 12 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,482 bird observations recorded near Pheasant Creek — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (352)
- Australian Magpie (317)
- Brown Thornbill (307)
- Superb Lyrebird (265)
- Grey Fantail (263)
- White-browed Scrubwren (251)
- White-throated Treecreeper (250)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (245)
- Pied Currawong (242)
- Superb Fairy-wren (212)
- Laughing Kookaburra (200)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (195)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (185)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pheasant Creek
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (179)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (158)
- Striated Thornbill (151)
- Common Myna (148)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (147)
- Eurasian Blackbird (140)
- Silvereye (135)
- Red Wattlebird (130)
- Eastern Spinebill (127)
- Australian Wood Duck (125)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (122)
- Spotted Pardalote (118)
- Australian King-parrot (112)
- Little Raven (110)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (107)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (98)
- House Sparrow (91)
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 Pheasant Creek:
- Kinglake West (2.7 km)
- Kinglake Central (4.5 km)
- Strathewen (7.3 km)
- Kinglake (8 km)
- Humevale (9.7 km)
- Arthurs Creek (12.6 km)
- Castella (13 km)
- St Andrews (13.2 km)
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Streets
- Denereaz Drive (9)
- Halls Road (5)
- Jorgensen Parade (5)
- Koala Drive (9)
- Lyrebird Drive (7)
- National Park Road (7)
- Ogradys Road (17)
- Olney Court (3)
- Pheasant Creek Road (18)
- Tooheys Road (3)
- Wallaby Way (33)
- Watsons Road (32)
- Whittlesea-kinglake Road (26)
- Yarwood Road (1)
