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Shady Creek VIC 3821

102 addresses · 15 streets

Monash Electorate › Baw Baw LGA › Shady Creek · 102 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Shady Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 186 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,100 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 5% 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.

186Population
42Median age
$2,100Median household income / wk
$200Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Yarragon, 11.1 km south · Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 37.7 km east.

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Sport & Recreation

1 facility recorded in Shady Creek.

Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources10/10
Education & jobs9/10

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: 19.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Shady Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Shady Creek VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202019.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202132.1%

Demographics

Population by age in Shady Creek
Population by age, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-48
5-1433
15-196
20-248
25-3421
35-4423
45-5423
55-6431
65-7427
75-843
85+0
Dwelling types in Shady Creek
Dwelling types, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House62
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Shady Creek
Households by weekly income, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6503
$650-1,49915
$1,500-2,99926
$3,000+19
Top ancestries in Shady Creek
Top ancestries, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English88
Australian69
Scottish34
Irish17
Ancestry NS16
Italian10
Housing tenure in Shady Creek
Housing tenure, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned28
Mortgage30
Rented3
Other3
Cars per household in Shady Creek
Cars per household, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
17
227
315
4+19
Commute to work in Shady Creek
Commute to work, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car47
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked14
Bicycle0
Home28
Top countries of birth in Shady Creek
Top countries of birth, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England6
Languages used at home in Shady Creek
Languages used at home, Shady Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Thai3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,628 bird observations recorded near Shady Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Shady Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.