Rostron VIC 3477
9 addresses · 2 streets
Mallee Electorate › Northern Grampians LGA › Rostron · 196 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Rostron is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 10 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $2,250 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, Scottish, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the St Arnaud statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rostron itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 8.1% 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 | 8.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 14.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Rostron
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rostron
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rostron
| English | 6 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 5 |
| Australian | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Rostron
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rostron
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Rostron
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,612 bird observations recorded near Rostron — most often seen:
- Fuscous Honeyeater (181)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (145)
- Red Wattlebird (107)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (99)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (90)
- Striated Pardalote (77)
- Brown Treecreeper (73)
- Musk Lorikeet (66)
- Australian Magpie (58)
- Black-chinned Honeyeater (58)
- Spotted Pardalote (55)
- Crimson Rosella (50)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (43)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rostron
- Galah (40)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (36)
- Long-billed Corella (35)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (34)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (33)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (33)
- White-winged Chough (32)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (31)
- Western Striated Pardalote (31)
- Common Bronzewing (28)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (28)
- Restless Flycatcher (27)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (26)
- Willie Wagtail (26)
- Australian Raven (24)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (24)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (22)
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 Rostron:
- Winjallok (4.8 km)
- Tottington (5.3 km)
- Beazleys Bridge (8 km)
- Paradise (9.4 km)
- Carapooee West (10.2 km)
- Stuart Mill (10.9 km)
- Carapooee (14.4 km)
- Moolerr (14.6 km)
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Streets
- Sandy Creek Road (7)
- Wingfield Road (2)