Samaria VIC 3673
43 addresses · 10 streets
Indi Electorate › Benalla LGA › Samaria · 149 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Samaria is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 57 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $163 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Benalla Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Samaria itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Benalla Airport, 28.3 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: 53.2% 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 | 53.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 56.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 59.6%
Population by age in Samaria
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Samaria
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Samaria
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Samaria
| English | 26 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 22 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Italian | 3 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
Housing tenure in Samaria
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Samaria
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Samaria
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,453 bird observations recorded near Samaria — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (136)
- Grey Fantail (131)
- White-throated Treecreeper (122)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (118)
- Superb Fairy-wren (118)
- Brown Thornbill (100)
- Laughing Kookaburra (98)
- Rufous Whistler (96)
- Pied Currawong (92)
- Spotted Pardalote (89)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (87)
- Striated Thornbill (86)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (84)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Samaria
- Striated Pardalote (84)
- Eastern Spinebill (82)
- Australian Magpie (79)
- White-browed Scrubwren (78)
- Red Wattlebird (74)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (72)
- Australian Raven (71)
- Crimson Rosella (67)
- Silvereye (65)
- White-throated Gerygone (63)
- Australian King-parrot (61)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (60)
- Mistletoebird (53)
- Noisy Friarbird (53)
- Olive-backed Oriole (46)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (45)
- Little Raven (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 Samaria:
- Tatong (6.6 km)
- Lima South (6.7 km)
- Moorngag (7.7 km)
- Lima East (9 km)
- Swanpool (9.1 km)
- Lima (12.6 km)
- Barjarg (14.4 km)
- Bridge Creek (17.6 km)
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Streets
- Aquila Rise (2)
- Brown Road (1)
- Ewen Track (1)
- Exton Road (2)
- Mitchell Road (1)
- Mt Samaria Road (11)
- Samaria Road (4)
- Sawyer Road (11)
- Schoolhouse Road (3)
- Spinney Lane (7)
