Stratford VIC 3862

Living Here

Stratford is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 2,980 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,419 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $500,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Maffra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Stratford itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Stratford Primary School
  • St Patrick's Primary School
• 3 cafés & restaurants

  • Wa-De-Lock Cellar Door
  • A Taste of Avon
  • Badger and Hare
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 3 parks

  • Stratford Historical Museum
  • Swan Park
  • Knob Reserve
• 1 pharmacy

  • Stratford Healthcare Pharmacy
• 2 hospitals

  • Mafra District Hospital
  • Wattleglenn (formely freemasons)
• 1 post office

  • Stratford Post Office
• 1 service station

  • BP
• 1 gym

  • Bowls Club
• 1 golf club

  • Maffra Golf Club
• 6 playgrounds

  • Market Reserve Playground
  • Soldiers Memorial Park Playground
  • Mountainview Drive Playground
  • BMX Track
  • Apex Park Playground
  • Swan Park Playground
• 1 butcher

  • Shaw's Quality Meats
• 1 plumber

  • Platinum Plumbing Plus

Getting around. Train station: Stratford, 700 m west · Airport: West Sale Airport, 18 km south-west.

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Sport & Recreation

6 facilities recorded in Stratford.

• Knob Reserve Equestrian
• Nerina Lane Circuit Cycling
• Pine Lodge Reserve Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Staford - Beverleys Cycling
• Stratford Bowls Club Lawn Bowls
• Stratford 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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 8.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 60.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

24,761 bird observations recorded near Stratford — most often seen:

• Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (1,753)
• Southern Noisy Miner (1,663)
• South-east Eastern Rosella (1,622)
• Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (1,428)
• South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (1,330)
• South-eastern Boobook (1,228)
• Southern Magpie-lark (1,227)
• South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (939)
• Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (877)
• Eastern Welcome Swallow (868)
• Australian Magpie (849)
• Noisy Miner (768)
• Eastern Rosella (739)

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 Stratford:

• Airly (7.4 km)
• Llowalong (7.9 km)
• Bundalaguah (9.2 km)
• Montgomery (9.3 km)
• Maffra (9.3 km)
• Clydebank (11.3 km)
• Munro (11.4 km)
• Myrtlebank (11.9 km)

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