Waitchie VIC 3544
36 addresses · 14 streets
Mallee Electorate › Swan Hill LGA › Waitchie · 317 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Waitchie is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 43 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $2,166 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Swan Hill Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Waitchie 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: 1.4% 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 | 1.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Waitchie
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Waitchie
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Waitchie
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Waitchie
| Australian | 29 |
|---|---|
| English | 16 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| German | 3 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Waitchie
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Waitchie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Waitchie
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
302 bird observations recorded near Waitchie — most often seen:
- Crested Pigeon (22)
- Bluebonnet (20)
- Willie Wagtail (19)
- Red-rumped Parrot (16)
- Eastern Rosella (15)
- Galah (15)
- Yellow-throated Miner (14)
- Australian Magpie (13)
- Common Starling (13)
- Magpie-lark (13)
- House Sparrow (11)
- Brown Treecreeper (10)
- Mallee Ringneck (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waitchie
- White-winged Chough (9)
- Rock Dove (8)
- Welcome Swallow (8)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (8)
- Singing Honeyeater (7)
- Striated Pardalote (7)
- Stubble Quail (7)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (7)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (6)
- Masked Lapwing (6)
- Nankeen Kestrel (6)
- Spotted Harrier (6)
- Varied Sittella (6)
- Australian Raven (5)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Dusky Woodswallow (5)
- Restless Flycatcher (5)
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 Waitchie:
- Gowanford (8.2 km)
- Polisbet (10.4 km)
- Chillingollah (13.5 km)
- Tyrrell (13.7 km)
- Nowie (16.8 km)
- Ultima (17.4 km)
- Springfield (17.6 km)
- Tyrrell Downs (17.9 km)
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Streets
- Bishop Road (3)
- Brydon Road (1)
- Butcher Road (1)
- Chamberlain Road (1)
- Dusty Road (1)
- Gowanford West Road (1)
- Grey Road (1)
- Mcclelland Road (3)
- Polisbet Road (1)
- Sea Lake-swan Hill Road (3)
- Springfield Road (4)
- Waitchie Road (11)
- Webb Road (1)
- Whitla Road (4)
