Rathscar West VIC 3465
19 addresses · 4 streets
Mallee Electorate › Pyrenees LGA › Rathscar West · 158 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Rathscar West is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 31 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $210 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Serbian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Avoca statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rathscar West itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Ararat Airport, 54 km south-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: 3.8% 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 | 3.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 76.9%
Population by age in Rathscar West
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rathscar West
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rathscar West
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rathscar West
| English | 20 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 16 |
| Serbian | 6 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Rathscar West
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rathscar West
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Rathscar West
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
281 bird observations recorded near Rathscar West — most often seen:
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (17)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (15)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (14)
- Little Raven (13)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (12)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (12)
- Willie Wagtail (12)
- Eastern Rosella (11)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (10)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (10)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (10)
- Australian Wood Duck (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rathscar West
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (9)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (9)
- Red Wattlebird (9)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8)
- Long-billed Corella (8)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (8)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (7)
- Galah (7)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Musk Lorikeet (7)
- Brown Treecreeper (6)
- Fairy Martin (6)
- House Sparrow (6)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (6)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (6)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (6)
- Spotted Pardalote (6)
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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Streets
- Avoca-bealiba Road (16)
- Elliots Lane (1)
- Fields-lower Homebush Road (1)
- Heeger Lane (1)