Redesdale VIC 3444
293 addresses · 33 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Greater Bendigo LGA › Redesdale · 98 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Redesdale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 299 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,180 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Castlemaine Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Redesdale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
Getting around. Airport: Bendigo Airport, 34.4 km north-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Redesdale.
- Redesdale Recreation Reserve Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 6.9% 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 | 6.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 50.7%
Population by age in Redesdale
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 50 |
| 55-64 | 64 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 33 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Redesdale
| House | 125 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Redesdale
| <$650 | 37 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 30 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Redesdale
| English | 114 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 99 |
| Irish | 51 |
| Scottish | 46 |
| Other | 21 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
Housing tenure in Redesdale
| Owned | 65 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 39 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Redesdale
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 48 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Redesdale
| Car | 73 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Redesdale
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 6 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 |
| India | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Redesdale
| German | 5 |
|---|---|
| Sinhalese | 4 |
| Australian Indigenous | 3 |
| Greek | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,057 bird observations recorded near Redesdale — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (152)
- Australian Magpie (137)
- Galah (102)
- Superb Fairy-wren (99)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (88)
- Little Raven (82)
- Long-billed Corella (81)
- Crimson Rosella (78)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (77)
- Willie Wagtail (76)
- Grey Fantail (68)
- Red Wattlebird (66)
- White-throated Treecreeper (62)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Redesdale
- Laughing Kookaburra (61)
- House Sparrow (58)
- Eurasian Blackbird (57)
- Weebill (57)
- Welcome Swallow (57)
- Common Myna (56)
- Rufous Whistler (53)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (53)
- Striated Pardalote (52)
- New Holland Honeyeater (51)
- Spotted Pardalote (51)
- White-winged Chough (51)
- Brown Treecreeper (49)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (49)
- Australian Raven (47)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (44)
- Eastern Rosella (43)
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 Redesdale:
- Mia Mia (8.4 km)
- Lake Eppalock (8.5 km)
- Kimbolton (10.2 km)
- Barfold (10.3 km)
- Lyal (10.6 km)
- Glenhope (11.2 km)
- Myrtle Creek (13.9 km)
- Metcalfe (14 km)
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Streets
- Burkes Lane (7)
- Campbells Road (9)
- Charity Lane (1)
- Clarke Street (11)
- Coliban Park Road (12)
- Dallistons Road (1)
- Doran Lane (1)
- Gibbards Lane (4)
- Heathcote-kyneton Road (4)
- Heathcote-redesdale Road (14)
- Hughes Road (1)
- Kyneton-redesdale Road (29)
- Lyell Road (40)
- Mcniffs Road (8)
- Metcalfe Pool Road (14)
- Metcalfe-redesdale Road (2)
- Moylans Road (2)
- Mt Lofty Road (6)
- Mud Lane N (1)
- Myrtle Creek Road (4)
- Newnhams Lane (2)
- Nicolle Lane (2)
- North Redesdale Road (58)
- Old Ford Road (19)
- Perrys Lane (4)
- Racecourse Road (9)
- Redesdale Road (1)
- School Lane (3)
- School Road (6)
- Siddles Road (5)
- Summerhill Road (3)
- Sutton Grange-redesdale Road (6)
- Wedge Gully Road (4)
