Sandy Creek VIC 3695
103 addresses · 16 streets
Indi Electorate › Indigo LGA › Sandy Creek · 251 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Sandy Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 200 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,489 a week, with median rent near $220 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, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yackandandah statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sandy Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Albury Airport, 33.6 km north-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Sandy Creek.
- Sandy Creek Reserve Equestrian
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: 43.7% 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 | 43.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 52.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 66.3%
Population by age in Sandy Creek
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 28 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 36 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Sandy Creek
| House | 72 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sandy Creek
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Sandy Creek
| English | 83 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 77 |
| Scottish | 30 |
| Irish | 26 |
| German | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
Housing tenure in Sandy Creek
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 30 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Sandy Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 21 |
Commute to work in Sandy Creek
| Car | 62 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
140 bird observations recorded near Sandy Creek — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (8)
- Masked Lapwing (7)
- Pacific Black Duck (7)
- Common Starling (6)
- Crimson Rosella (6)
- House Sparrow (6)
- Superb Fairy-wren (6)
- Australian Magpie (5)
- European Goldfinch (5)
- Grey Fantail (5)
- Little Black Cormorant (5)
- Red-browed Finch (5)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (5)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sandy Creek
- Welcome Swallow (5)
- White-throated Treecreeper (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Australian Wood Duck (4)
- Black Swan (4)
- Grey Teal (4)
- Magpie-lark (4)
- Nankeen Kestrel (4)
- Red-rumped Parrot (4)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (4)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (3)
- Australian King-parrot (3)
- Brown Falcon (3)
- Brown Thornbill (3)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (3)
- Common Myna (3)
- Dusky Moorhen (3)
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 Sandy Creek:
- Gundowring (4.5 km)
- Charleroi (5.4 km)
- Kergunyah (8.1 km)
- Kergunyah South (11 km)
- Huon (11.6 km)
- Tallandoon (12.4 km)
- Tangambalanga (12.4 km)
- Kiewa (13.3 km)
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Streets
- Benzie Lane (2)
- Cemetery Lane (1)
- Cook Lane (1)
- Egan Lane (11)
- Grasshopper Lane (2)
- Griffiths Lane (4)
- Lockharts Gap Road (6)
- Mcclures Lane (7)
- Mcgrath Lane (2)
- Odells Lane (2)
- Oneill Lane (9)
- Reserve Road (1)
- Sandy Creek Road (47)
- Schultz Lane (6)
- Turner Lane (1)
- Wright Lane (1)
