Rocklyn VIC 3364
63 addresses · 8 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Hepburn LGA › Rocklyn · 91 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Rocklyn is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 43 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $200 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, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Daylesford statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rocklyn itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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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: 60.4% 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 | 60.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 63.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 58.5%
Population by age in Rocklyn
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rocklyn
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rocklyn
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Rocklyn
| English | 21 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 14 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| German | 4 |
| Italian | 3 |
Housing tenure in Rocklyn
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rocklyn
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Rocklyn
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Rocklyn
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,630 bird observations recorded near Rocklyn — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (106)
- Little Raven (89)
- Crimson Rosella (87)
- Australian Magpie (86)
- Black Swan (64)
- Brown Thornbill (63)
- Laughing Kookaburra (62)
- Pacific Black Duck (58)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (58)
- Eurasian Blackbird (56)
- White-throated Treecreeper (54)
- Eurasian Coot (52)
- Common Starling (51)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rocklyn
- Grey Fantail (51)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (50)
- House Sparrow (50)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (50)
- European Goldfinch (47)
- Grey Currawong (47)
- Welcome Swallow (45)
- Australian Wood Duck (44)
- White-naped Honeyeater (44)
- Little Pied Cormorant (42)
- Red Wattlebird (41)
- Australian Shelduck (40)
- Pied Currawong (40)
- White-browed Scrubwren (40)
- Magpie-lark (39)
- Long-billed Corella (37)
- Striated Thornbill (37)
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 Rocklyn:
- Langdons Hill (2.5 km)
- Mount Prospect (4.1 km)
- Mollongghip (4.3 km)
- Barkstead (4.8 km)
- Newlyn North (5.5 km)
- Newlyn (5.7 km)
- Dean (6.6 km)
- Leonards Hill (6.7 km)
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Streets
- Blampied-mollongghip Road (14)
- Bognars Lane (1)
- Dean-barkstead Road (34)
- Government Road (1)
- Long Swamp Road (4)
- Pinchgut Road (2)
- Rocky Lead Road (6)
- Sutton Park Road (1)
