Pittong VIC 3360
16 addresses · 6 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Golden Plains LGA › Pittong · 132 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Pittong is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 12 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 43% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Pittong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Ararat Airport, 58.6 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: 8.4% 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 | 8.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10% · Labour-force participation 66.7%
Population by age in Pittong
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pittong
| House | 10 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pittong
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Pittong
| English | 8 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Australian | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Pittong
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Pittong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Pittong
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,146 bird observations recorded near Pittong — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (86)
- Little Raven (77)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (62)
- Superb Fairy-wren (54)
- European Goldfinch (45)
- Grey Fantail (45)
- Pacific Black Duck (44)
- Australian Shelduck (40)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (40)
- Australian Wood Duck (39)
- Black Swan (39)
- Red Wattlebird (37)
- Eurasian Coot (36)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pittong
- Common Starling (34)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (34)
- Striated Thornbill (32)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (32)
- Galah (31)
- Willie Wagtail (31)
- Brown Thornbill (30)
- Grey Currawong (29)
- Grey Teal (29)
- Magpie-lark (29)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (29)
- White-faced Heron (29)
- Long-billed Corella (28)
- Laughing Kookaburra (27)
- Crimson Rosella (26)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (26)
- Striated Pardalote (26)
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 Pittong:
- Linton (7.2 km)
- Chepstowe (8.1 km)
- Mount Emu (9.8 km)
- Skipton (10.6 km)
- Snake Valley (10.6 km)
- Mannibadar (11.1 km)
- Happy Valley (11.5 km)
- Carngham (13.1 km)
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Streets
- Flagstaff Road (1)
- Francis Lane (1)
- Glenelg Highway (5)
- Lismore-pittong Road (2)
- Mount Emu Settlement Road (5)
- Pittong-snake Valley Road (2)
