Smokeytown VIC 3364
24 addresses · 3 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Hepburn LGA › Smokeytown · 103 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Smokeytown is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 32 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $250 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 Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
1 butcher
1 carpenter
Getting around. Train station: Creswick, 3.8 km south-west.
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: 23.2% 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 | 23.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 30.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Smokeytown
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Smokeytown
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Smokeytown
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Smokeytown
| Australian | 19 |
|---|---|
| English | 19 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
| German | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Smokeytown
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Smokeytown
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Smokeytown
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Languages used at home in Smokeytown
| Hindi | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,607 bird observations recorded near Smokeytown — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (278)
- Australian Magpie (256)
- Little Raven (249)
- Crimson Rosella (217)
- Pacific Black Duck (216)
- Red Wattlebird (213)
- Superb Fairy-wren (202)
- Australian Wood Duck (183)
- Grey Fantail (182)
- Brown Thornbill (161)
- Long-billed Corella (158)
- Little Pied Cormorant (156)
- Common Starling (146)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Smokeytown
- Common Bronzewing (144)
- Galah (143)
- Eurasian Coot (141)
- House Sparrow (137)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (132)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (132)
- Laughing Kookaburra (130)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (118)
- White-faced Heron (114)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (111)
- Grey Currawong (109)
- Magpie-lark (105)
- European Goldfinch (98)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (97)
- White-browed Scrubwren (96)
- Australian White Ibis (92)
- Silvereye (91)
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 Smokeytown:
- Springmount (1.9 km)
- Broomfield (1.9 km)
- Allendale (3.4 km)
- Creswick (3.6 km)
- Kingston (4.1 km)
- Creswick North (4.6 km)
- Newlyn (6.1 km)
- Cabbage Tree (6.2 km)
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Streets
- Alcorns Road (3)
- Frenchmans Road (4)
- Smokeytown Road (17)