Pitfield VIC 3351
9 addresses · 5 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Golden Plains LGA › Pitfield · 120 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Pitfield is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 14 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, English. 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 Golden Plains - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pitfield itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 52.5 km south.
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: 0.8% 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 | 0.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Pitfield
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pitfield
| House | 5 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pitfield
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Pitfield
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 4 |
| English | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Cars per household in Pitfield
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Pitfield
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
886 bird observations recorded near Pitfield — most often seen:
- Little Raven (86)
- Australian Magpie (55)
- Striated Thornbill (42)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (39)
- Brown Falcon (38)
- Eurasian Skylark (36)
- House Sparrow (36)
- European Goldfinch (35)
- Common Starling (34)
- Long-billed Corella (32)
- Crested Shrike-tit (31)
- Brown Thornbill (30)
- Superb Fairy-wren (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pitfield
- Eurasian Blackbird (27)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (27)
- Willie Wagtail (25)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (24)
- Magpie-lark (24)
- Red Wattlebird (24)
- Southern Boobook (24)
- Galah (21)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (21)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (21)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (21)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (19)
- Welcome Swallow (19)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (18)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (17)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (16)
- Australian Raven (15)
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 Pitfield:
- Illabarook (4.7 km)
- Cape Clear (5 km)
- Rokewood Junction (8.1 km)
- Springdallah (8.2 km)
- Berringa (9 km)
- Mannibadar (9.9 km)
- Wallinduc (10.4 km)
- Werneth (10.9 km)
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Streets
- Lismore-pitfield Road (2)
- Pitfield-cressy Road (3)
- Pitfield-scarsdale Road (2)
- Rokewood-skipton Road (1)
- Scarsdale-pitfield Road (1)
