Swanpool VIC 3673
133 addresses · 16 streets
Indi Electorate › Benalla LGA › Swanpool · 150 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Swanpool is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 227 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,104 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Benalla Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Swanpool itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Benalla Airport, 21.2 km north.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Swanpool.
- Heaney Oval Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
- Swanpool Bowling Club Lawn Bowls
- Swanpool Tennis Club 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: 10% 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 | 10.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 51.9%
Population by age in Swanpool
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 28 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 43 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Swanpool
| House | 91 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Swanpool
| <$650 | 21 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Swanpool
| English | 102 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 92 |
| Scottish | 47 |
| Irish | 31 |
| Italian | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
Housing tenure in Swanpool
| Owned | 51 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Swanpool
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 41 |
| 3 | 23 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Swanpool
| Car | 39 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Swanpool
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
807 bird observations recorded near Swanpool — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (62)
- Australian Magpie (50)
- Galah (48)
- Superb Fairy-wren (48)
- Grey Fantail (37)
- Magpie-lark (33)
- Laughing Kookaburra (30)
- Striated Pardalote (30)
- Little Raven (29)
- White-throated Treecreeper (29)
- Welcome Swallow (27)
- Australian Wood Duck (26)
- Eurasian Blackbird (25)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Swanpool
- Rufous Whistler (25)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (25)
- Red Wattlebird (24)
- Eastern Rosella (23)
- Crimson Rosella (22)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (20)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (20)
- Spotted Pardalote (19)
- Straw-necked Ibis (19)
- Weebill (19)
- Australian Raven (18)
- Willie Wagtail (18)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (17)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (16)
- Common Myna (16)
- House Sparrow (16)
- New Holland Honeyeater (16)
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 Swanpool:
- Moorngag (4.4 km)
- Lima (4.5 km)
- Lima East (5.1 km)
- Samaria (9.1 km)
- Lima South (9.7 km)
- Tatong (9.9 km)
- Warrenbayne (12.1 km)
- Molyullah (17.4 km)
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Streets
- Butter Factory Lane (5)
- Castle Hill Road (2)
- Gidney Lane (2)
- Hayes Road (13)
- Jensen Lane (2)
- Lima East Road (9)
- Lima Road (1)
- Mansfield Road (4)
- Midland Highway (43)
- Pearce Lane (4)
- Swanpool Road (13)
- Swanpool-lima Road (8)
- Swanpool-warrenbayne Road (7)
- Warnock Road (16)
- Yellum Track (2)
- Yin Barun Road (2)
