Steels Creek VIC 3775
159 addresses · 16 streets
Casey Electorate › Yarra Ranges LGA › Steels Creek · 44 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Steels Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 276 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,083 a week, with median rent near $509 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Healesville - Yarra Glen statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Steels Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 44.9 km west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Steels Creek.
- Mountain District Pistol Club Shooting Sports
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: 59.2% 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 | 59.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 72.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 62.6%
Population by age in Steels Creek
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 28 |
| 45-54 | 45 |
| 55-64 | 47 |
| 65-74 | 32 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Steels Creek
| House | 89 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Steels Creek
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 27 |
Top ancestries in Steels Creek
| Australian | 126 |
|---|---|
| English | 103 |
| Irish | 31 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Steels Creek
| Owned | 42 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 39 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Steels Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Steels Creek
| Car | 65 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 40 |
Top countries of birth in Steels Creek
| England | 17 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 6 |
| United States | 4 |
| Ireland | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,131 bird observations recorded near Steels Creek — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (380)
- Grey Fantail (379)
- Australian Magpie (373)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (348)
- Brown Thornbill (346)
- Superb Fairy-wren (322)
- White-throated Treecreeper (309)
- Red Wattlebird (294)
- Striated Thornbill (276)
- Pied Currawong (272)
- Laughing Kookaburra (271)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (253)
- Spotted Pardalote (248)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Steels Creek
- White-browed Scrubwren (241)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (235)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (229)
- Eastern Spinebill (224)
- Superb Lyrebird (217)
- Scarlet Robin (205)
- Little Raven (204)
- Eurasian Blackbird (186)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (178)
- White-naped Honeyeater (159)
- Silvereye (158)
- Grey Butcherbird (155)
- White-eared Honeyeater (147)
- Welcome Swallow (140)
- Magpie-lark (129)
- Eastern Rosella (127)
- Australian Wood Duck (126)
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 Steels Creek:
- Dixons Creek (3.9 km)
- Kinglake (7.1 km)
- Yarra Glen (7.3 km)
- St Andrews (8.6 km)
- Castella (8.6 km)
- Tarrawarra (8.9 km)
- Smiths Gully (9.2 km)
- Toolangi (9.8 km)
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Streets
- Adams Lane (3)
- Brennan Avenue (10)
- Full And Plenty Track (3)
- Greenwoods Lane (14)
- Hargreaves Road (8)
- Harvey Road (3)
- Hunts Lane (14)
- Lawrence Lane (4)
- Lawrence Road (1)
- Mt Slide Road (5)
- Old Kinglake Road (13)
- Pinnacle Lane (6)
- Sewell Road (3)
- Skyline Road (2)
- Steels Creek Road (60)
- Willow Bend Drive (10)
