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Upper Plenty VIC 3756

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McEwen Electorate › Mitchell LGA › Upper Plenty · 44 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Upper Plenty is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 415 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,687 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

415Population
43Median age
$1,687Median household income / wk
$310Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Wallan, 4.4 km west · Airport: Melbourne Airport, 34.1 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 48.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Upper Plenty

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Upper Plenty VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202048.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202163.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 62.2%

Population by age in Upper Plenty
Population by age, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-434
5-1463
15-1923
20-2422
25-3427
35-4449
45-5457
55-6464
65-7443
75-8427
85+0
Dwelling types in Upper Plenty
Dwelling types, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House127
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Upper Plenty
Households by weekly income, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$65030
$650-1,49945
$1,500-2,99930
$3,000+28
Top ancestries in Upper Plenty
Top ancestries, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Australian159
English132
Ancestry NS59
Scottish44
Irish30
Other22
Housing tenure in Upper Plenty
Housing tenure, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned66
Mortgage57
Rented5
Other4
Cars per household in Upper Plenty
Cars per household, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
130
232
328
4+36
Commute to work in Upper Plenty
Commute to work, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car107
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle0
Home51
Top countries of birth in Upper Plenty
Top countries of birth, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England19
South Africa11
North Macedonia10
Turkey6
Thailand5
Italy3
Languages used at home in Upper Plenty
Languages used at home, Upper Plenty VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Macedonian12
Turkish9
Afrikaans3
Indonesian3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,882 bird observations recorded near Upper Plenty — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Plenty

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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