Sutherlands Creek VIC 3331
53 addresses · 9 streets
Ballarat Electorate › Golden Plains LGA › Sutherlands Creek · 69 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Sutherlands Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 129 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $3,250 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Golden Plains - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sutherlands Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Avalon Airport, 22.6 km east.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Sutherlands Creek.
- Sutherland Creek Circuit Cycling
- Sutherlands Creek Tennis Courts 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: 3.4% 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 | 3.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.2% · Labour-force participation 73.9%
Population by age in Sutherlands Creek
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Sutherlands Creek
| House | 37 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sutherlands Creek
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Sutherlands Creek
| Australian | 62 |
|---|---|
| English | 50 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Dutch | 7 |
Housing tenure in Sutherlands Creek
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Sutherlands Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 21 |
Commute to work in Sutherlands Creek
| Car | 41 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Sutherlands Creek
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,173 bird observations recorded near Sutherlands Creek — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (69)
- House Sparrow (68)
- Little Raven (66)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (58)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (56)
- Willie Wagtail (52)
- New Holland Honeyeater (51)
- Red Wattlebird (50)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (49)
- Australian Magpie (45)
- Magpie-lark (45)
- Galah (44)
- Common Starling (40)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sutherlands Creek
- European Goldfinch (40)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (38)
- Welcome Swallow (38)
- Eurasian Blackbird (35)
- Australian Wood Duck (34)
- Eastern Rosella (34)
- Crested Pigeon (32)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (29)
- Common Myna (29)
- Red-rumped Parrot (26)
- White-faced Heron (23)
- Crimson Rosella (21)
- Eurasian Skylark (21)
- Long-billed Corella (21)
- Grey Fantail (20)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (20)
- Brown Falcon (19)
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 Sutherlands Creek:
- Russells Bridge (3.2 km)
- Bannockburn (6.3 km)
- Maude (7.7 km)
- Gheringhap (8.2 km)
- Moorabool (8.2 km)
- Lethbridge (9.1 km)
- Anakie (9.5 km)
- Batesford (10.7 km)
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Streets
- Bakers Bridge Road (3)
- Lumb Road (7)
- Muhlebach Road (4)
- Parker Road (7)
- Robbs Road (2)
- Rowe Road (1)
- Sharkeys Road (2)
- Steiglitz Road (24)
- Thompson Road (3)
