Ravenswood South VIC 3453
57 addresses · 10 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Mount Alexander LGA › Ravenswood South · 116 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Ravenswood South is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 76 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,583 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Castlemaine Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ravenswood South itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Bendigo Airport, 25.2 km north.
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: 7.5% 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 | 7.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Ravenswood South
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ravenswood South
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ravenswood South
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Ravenswood South
| Australian | 33 |
|---|---|
| English | 25 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Greek | 5 |
| Italian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Ravenswood South
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ravenswood South
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Ravenswood South
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Ravenswood South
| England | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Ravenswood South
| Macedonian | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,832 bird observations recorded near Ravenswood South — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (173)
- Galah (142)
- House Sparrow (135)
- Superb Fairy-wren (133)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (132)
- Welcome Swallow (126)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (115)
- White-faced Heron (98)
- Eastern Galah (97)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (94)
- Red Wattlebird (93)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (92)
- Little Raven (92)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ravenswood South
- Eastern Rosella (90)
- Long-billed Corella (88)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (88)
- Masked Lapwing (86)
- Magpie-lark (85)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (83)
- Willie Wagtail (80)
- Black Kite (79)
- Striated Pardalote (77)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (73)
- Eurasian Coot (72)
- Pacific Black Duck (71)
- Red-rumped Parrot (71)
- Australian Wood Duck (69)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (68)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (65)
- Little Eagle (65)
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 Ravenswood South:
- Harcourt North (4.2 km)
- Harcourt (6.6 km)
- Walmer (6.9 km)
- Ravenswood (7.7 km)
- Barkers Creek (8.1 km)
- Sedgwick (10.1 km)
- Mandurang South (11.2 km)
- Lockwood South (11.3 km)
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Streets
- Calder Highway (14)
- Dobles Lane (5)
- Fogartys Gap Road (9)
- Hokins Road (1)
- Mt Gaspard Road (4)
- Neilson Lane (1)
- Old School Lane (9)
- Red Gum Valley Road (11)
- Truancy Lane (1)
- Woodbrook Road (2)
