Snake Valley VIC 3351
541 addresses · 48 streets
Wannon Electorate › Pyrenees LGA › Snake Valley · 124 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Snake Valley is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 820 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,226 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Beaufort statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Snake Valley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Snake Valley.
- Snake Valley - Mt Emu Circuit Cycling
- Snake Valley Golf Club Golf
- Snake Valley Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
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: 33.6% 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 | 33.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 38.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 53.1%
Population by age in Snake Valley
| 0-4 | 32 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 107 |
| 15-19 | 41 |
| 20-24 | 36 |
| 25-34 | 83 |
| 35-44 | 98 |
| 45-54 | 123 |
| 55-64 | 152 |
| 65-74 | 91 |
| 75-84 | 43 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Snake Valley
| House | 310 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in Snake Valley
| <$650 | 58 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 119 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 80 |
| $3,000+ | 37 |
Top ancestries in Snake Valley
| English | 352 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 324 |
| Scottish | 101 |
| Irish | 91 |
| Ancestry NS | 80 |
| German | 40 |
Housing tenure in Snake Valley
| Owned | 138 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 141 |
| Rented | 24 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Snake Valley
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 68 |
| 2 | 117 |
| 3 | 57 |
| 4+ | 46 |
Commute to work in Snake Valley
| Car | 245 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 36 |
Top countries of birth in Snake Valley
| England | 36 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 12 |
| New Zealand | 9 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| United States | 5 |
Languages used at home in Snake Valley
| Croatian | 5 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,511 bird observations recorded near Snake Valley — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (78)
- Little Raven (72)
- Superb Fairy-wren (72)
- Crimson Rosella (61)
- Grey Fantail (60)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (60)
- Brown Thornbill (57)
- Laughing Kookaburra (55)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (53)
- White-throated Treecreeper (52)
- Striated Thornbill (51)
- Common Starling (50)
- White-eared Honeyeater (50)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Snake Valley
- Pacific Black Duck (49)
- Long-billed Corella (48)
- Australian Shelduck (47)
- Grey Currawong (46)
- White-browed Scrubwren (46)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (45)
- Galah (45)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (45)
- Magpie-lark (43)
- Eurasian Blackbird (42)
- European Goldfinch (42)
- Welcome Swallow (42)
- Red Wattlebird (41)
- White-faced Heron (41)
- Scarlet Robin (40)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (39)
- Masked Lapwing (39)
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
- Ballarat-carngham Road (6)
- Blackfellows Lane (6)
- Bottle Hill Road (4)
- Brumbys Lane (13)
- Bulls Road (6)
- Burrumbeet-hillcrest Road (4)
- Carrigan Lane (4)
- Chepstowe-snake Valley Road (1)
- Coates Road (15)
- Cochrane Drive (23)
- Davies Court (3)
- Fitzpatrick Lane (5)
- Gardners Lane (6)
- Golf Course Road (6)
- Greenbanks Lane (3)
- Haddon-preston Hill Road (5)
- Haighs Lane (5)
- Halls Lane (10)
- Hopes Lane (4)
- Howlett Lane (2)
- Kelly Road (3)
- Kellys Lane (3)
- Laurence Drive (21)
- Linton-carngham Road (106)
- Mag Dam Road (12)
- Main Road (4)
- Mcintoshs Lane (3)
- Mortchup Road (2)
- Murray Street (13)
- Murrays Lane (2)
- Nunns Road (14)
- Pages Lane (1)
- Pittong-snake Valley Road (39)
- Quilliams Road (3)
- Racecourse Road (7)
- Reed Road (4)
- Reservoir Road (1)
- Rileys Road (14)
- Roddis Lane (4)
- Rowlers Road (27)
- Smythesdale-snake Valley Road (44)
- Snake Valley-chepstowe Road (36)
- Snake Valley-mortchup Road (21)
- Station Lane (1)
- Tannery Road (12)
- Weary Jones Lane (2)
- Wilsons Lane (4)
- Youngs Lane (7)
