Swanwater West VIC 3480
7 addresses · 3 streets
Mallee Electorate › Northern Grampians LGA › Swanwater West · 225 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Swanwater West is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 17 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $3,999 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the St Arnaud statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Swanwater West itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 0.7% 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 | 0.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Swanwater West
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Swanwater West
| House | 6 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Swanwater West
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Swanwater West
| English | 17 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Swanwater West
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Commute to work in Swanwater West
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
106 bird observations recorded near Swanwater West — most often seen:
- Singing Honeyeater (10)
- Australian Magpie (9)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- Brown Falcon (5)
- Eurasian Skylark (5)
- White-fronted Chat (5)
- Australian Shelduck (4)
- Black Swan (4)
- Common Starling (4)
- Crested Pigeon (4)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (4)
- House Sparrow (4)
- Australian Wood Duck (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Swanwater West
- Eurasian Blackbird (3)
- Pacific Black Duck (3)
- Red-rumped Parrot (3)
- Australian Pipit (2)
- Black-shouldered Kite (2)
- Crimson Chat (2)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (2)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (2)
- Galah (2)
- Great Cormorant (2)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (2)
- Masked Lapwing (2)
- Silver Gull (2)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (2)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2)
- Welcome Swallow (2)
- White-browed Woodswallow (2)
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 Swanwater West:
- Cope Cope (7 km)
- Traynors Lagoon (7.4 km)
- Avon Plains (7.9 km)
- Swanwater (9 km)
- Gre Gre North (9.5 km)
- Rich Avon East (10.7 km)
- Grays Bridge (13.1 km)
- Rich Avon (13.6 km)
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Streets
- Sparrow Road (1)
- Volcano Road (2)
- Wells Road (4)