Strath Creek VIC 3658
190 addresses · 18 streets
Indi Electorate › Murrindindi LGA › Strath Creek · 66 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Strath Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 231 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yea statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Strath Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 post office
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Melbourne Airport, 57.8 km south-west.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Strath Creek.
- Strath Creek Circuit Cycling
- Strath Creek Recreation Reserve Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 21.7% 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 | 21.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 30.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 47%
Population by age in Strath Creek
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 50 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Strath Creek
| House | 65 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Strath Creek
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Strath Creek
| English | 78 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 76 |
| Australian | 54 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Italian | 11 |
Housing tenure in Strath Creek
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Strath Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 31 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Strath Creek
| Car | 44 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 24 |
Top countries of birth in Strath Creek
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Strath Creek
| Croatian | 6 |
|---|---|
| German | 5 |
| Italian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,849 bird observations recorded near Strath Creek — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (189)
- Crimson Rosella (157)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (135)
- Grey Fantail (117)
- Brown Thornbill (115)
- Galah (114)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (112)
- Red Wattlebird (109)
- Welcome Swallow (106)
- Australian Raven (102)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (101)
- Australian Wood Duck (98)
- Laughing Kookaburra (93)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Strath Creek
- Little Raven (92)
- Long-billed Corella (92)
- Superb Fairy-wren (89)
- Spotted Pardalote (88)
- Willie Wagtail (85)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (84)
- Striated Pardalote (81)
- Common Starling (77)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (76)
- Magpie-lark (74)
- Rufous Whistler (73)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (71)
- White-throated Treecreeper (70)
- Pied Currawong (65)
- Eastern Rosella (64)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (61)
- Striated Thornbill (59)
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 Strath Creek:
- Reedy Creek (7.1 km)
- Tyaak (8.6 km)
- Kerrisdale (9.7 km)
- Homewood (10.6 km)
- Flowerdale (12.2 km)
- Clonbinane (13.2 km)
- Waterford Park (14.7 km)
- Trawool (15.2 km)
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Streets
- Allandale Road (13)
- Bassetts Road (1)
- Broadford-flowerdale Road (44)
- Brysons Lane (10)
- Brysons Road (11)
- Falls Road (22)
- Ferguson Street (6)
- Fitzgerald Street (4)
- Forbes Street (3)
- Glover Road (3)
- Green Street (2)
- Hannas Road (2)
- Horans Track (8)
- King Parrot Creek Road (23)
- Mcnallys Road (13)
- Munro Street (1)
- Murchison Spur Road (7)
- Upper King Parrot Creek Road (17)
