Scarsdale VIC 3351

Living Here

Scarsdale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 855 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,548 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Golden Plains - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Scarsdale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Woady Yaloak Primary School - Scarsdale Campus
  • Woady Yaloak Primary School - Smythesdale Campus
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Mary's Church
• 2 vets

  • Ballarat Country Vets
  • Fur Life Vet
• 1 childcare centre

  • Woady Yaloak Kindergarten
• 2 post offices

  • Scarsdale General Store
  • Smythesdale Post Office
• 1 butcher

  • Tama Valley Butcher

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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: 72.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 56.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,189 bird observations recorded near Scarsdale — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (198)
• Crimson Rosella (151)
• Little Raven (146)
• Superb Fairy-wren (118)
• White-throated Treecreeper (109)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (106)
• Grey Fantail (90)
• Laughing Kookaburra (85)
• Grey Currawong (84)
• Red Wattlebird (81)
• Common Starling (70)
• Scarlet Robin (65)
• Brown Thornbill (63)

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 Scarsdale:

• Newtown (2.1 km)
• Smythesdale (4.1 km)
• Piggoreet (6.1 km)
• Hillcrest (6.8 km)
• Staffordshire Reef (8.2 km)
• Happy Valley (8.3 km)
• Nintingbool (8.9 km)
• Springdallah (9 km)

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