Stanley VIC 3747
235 addresses · 49 streets
Indi Electorate › Indigo LGA › Stanley · 223 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Stanley is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 371 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,465 a week, with median rent near $288 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Beechworth statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Stanley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 hospital
1 post office
1 golf club
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Porepunkah Airport, 36.7 km south.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Stanley.
- Stanley Recreation reserve Cricket
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: 80.7% 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 | 80.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 91.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.1% · Labour-force participation 61%
Population by age in Stanley
| 0-4 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 36 |
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 47 |
| 45-54 | 36 |
| 55-64 | 81 |
| 65-74 | 73 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Stanley
| House | 150 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Stanley
| <$650 | 27 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 46 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 41 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Stanley
| English | 162 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 160 |
| Scottish | 70 |
| Irish | 45 |
| Other | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
Housing tenure in Stanley
| Owned | 80 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 52 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Stanley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 35 |
| 2 | 57 |
| 3 | 43 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Stanley
| Car | 104 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 47 |
Top countries of birth in Stanley
| England | 24 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4 |
| France | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Stanley
| Italian | 6 |
|---|---|
| French | 5 |
| Filipino | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,408 bird observations recorded near Stanley — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (226)
- Superb Fairy-wren (218)
- Laughing Kookaburra (198)
- Grey Fantail (190)
- White-throated Treecreeper (186)
- Eurasian Blackbird (182)
- Pied Currawong (180)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (169)
- Brown Thornbill (166)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (164)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (164)
- Australian Magpie (162)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (160)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Stanley
- Silvereye (151)
- White-browed Scrubwren (143)
- Eurasian Coot (142)
- Australian Raven (133)
- Pacific Black Duck (127)
- Magpie-lark (122)
- Red Wattlebird (122)
- Striated Thornbill (121)
- Galah (119)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (119)
- White-eared Honeyeater (111)
- Australian King-parrot (108)
- Australian Wood Duck (108)
- White-naped Honeyeater (108)
- Welcome Swallow (104)
- Eastern Spinebill (103)
- Red-browed Finch (102)
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 Stanley:
- Beechworth (7.8 km)
- Murmungee (8.7 km)
- Bruarong (10.5 km)
- Barwidgee (12.6 km)
- Wooragee (12.7 km)
- Yackandandah (12.9 km)
- Mudgegonga (13 km)
- Bowmans Forest (14.6 km)
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Streets
- Bald Hills West Track (1)
- Beechworth-stanley Road (14)
- Black Forest Lane (2)
- Boswell Road (1)
- Cartin Road (4)
- Circular Creek Road (7)
- Collins Road (2)
- Cook Lane (3)
- Craig Road (1)
- Cue Springs Road (3)
- Cummins Lane (1)
- Duffy Lane (3)
- Europa Gully Road (2)
- Griffiths Lane (4)
- Higgins Lane (1)
- Johnson Road (4)
- Kibell Lane (2)
- Lacey Lane (1)
- Lake Kerferd Road (1)
- Lilith Way (1)
- Little Scotland Road (10)
- Lower Nine Mile Road (10)
- Maloney Lane (1)
- Masons Road (3)
- Mcelhenney Road (1)
- Milkmans Flat Lane (2)
- Mt Stanley Road (36)
- Myrtleford Road (1)
- Myrtleford-stanley Road (27)
- Number One Road (2)
- Old Mill Lane (3)
- Old Stanley Road (4)
- Oneill Road (4)
- Pioneer Road (14)
- Preston Lane (1)
- Ration Hill Road (3)
- Red Hill Road (1)
- Rosengren Lane (7)
- Salomon Lane (1)
- Sinclair Road (3)
- Six Mile Road (6)
- Solomon Lane (1)
- Stanley Road (27)
- Thompson Lane (2)
- Thorley Road (3)
- Twist Creek Road (1)
- Walnut Road (1)
- Willow Tree Road (1)
- Yule Lane (1)
