Rutherglen VIC 3685

Living Here

Rutherglen is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 2,579 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,306 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $550,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Rutherglen statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rutherglen itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Rutherglen Primary School
  • St Mary's Primary School
  • Rutherglen High School
• 5 cafés & restaurants

  • Silver Key Cafe
  • Pickled Sisters Cafe
  • Pickers cafe and Collectibles
  • Rutherglen Estates
  • Jones Winery & Vineyard Restaurant
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 5 parks

  • Lions Park
  • Gollings Square
  • Fig Tree Park
  • Memorial Park
  • Rutherglen Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Mary's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Miegel's Pharmacy
• 1 medical clinic

  • Redgum Medical
• 1 hospital

  • Corowa Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Rutherglen Veterinary Clinic
• 1 childcare centre

  • Rutherglen Kindergaten
• 1 library

  • Rutherglen Public Library
• 2 service stations

  • Service Station
  • Metro Petroleum
• 1 gym

  • Rutherglen War Memorial Swimming Pool
• 2 golf clubs

  • Rutherglen Golf Club
  • Corowa Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • Apex Park Playground
• 2 bakeries

  • Parker Pies
  • Valentines Bakehouse

Getting around. Airport: Corowa Aerodrome, 12.3 km north-west.

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Sport & Recreation

5 facilities recorded in Rutherglen.

• Barkley Park Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
• Rutherglen Golf Course/ Bowls Club Golf, Lawn Bowls
• Rutherglen Outdoor Pool Swimming
• Rutherglen recreation reserve Cricket, Hockey, soccer
• Rutherglen Tennis Club 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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 4.6% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 56.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,970 bird observations recorded near Rutherglen — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (522)
• Pacific Black Duck (518)
• Common Starling (495)
• Magpie-lark (495)
• Welcome Swallow (495)
• Grey Teal (465)
• Crested Pigeon (453)
• Red-rumped Parrot (437)
• Galah (401)
• Masked Lapwing (396)
• White-faced Heron (391)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (388)
• Willie Wagtail (386)

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 Rutherglen:

• Carlyle (6 km)
• Wahgunyah (7.5 km)
• Lilliput (8.6 km)
• Cornishtown (10.7 km)
• Norong (11.1 km)
• Gooramadda (11.6 km)
• Chiltern Valley (12.8 km)
• Browns Plains (15 km)

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