Whipstick VIC 3556
14 addresses · 2 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Greater Bendigo LGA › Whipstick · 142 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Whipstick is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 18 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bendigo Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Whipstick itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
2 golf clubs
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Epsom, 6.6 km south-east · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 9.6 km south-east.
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: 80.9% 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 | 80.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 99.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Whipstick
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Whipstick
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Whipstick
| Australian | 10 |
|---|---|
| English | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Commute to work in Whipstick
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
26,975 bird observations recorded near Whipstick — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (1,441)
- Noisy Miner (1,238)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,166)
- Eastern Rosella (1,123)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,120)
- Red Wattlebird (1,072)
- Welcome Swallow (1,061)
- Galah (1,059)
- Magpie-lark (1,003)
- Chestnut Teal (957)
- Australian Raven (938)
- Black Swan (910)
- Grey Teal (904)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Whipstick
- Australian White Ibis (884)
- Eurasian Coot (859)
- Dusky Moorhen (852)
- White-faced Heron (850)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (845)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (836)
- Willie Wagtail (831)
- Little Raven (783)
- Red-rumped Parrot (765)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (755)
- Whistling Kite (725)
- Crested Pigeon (715)
- Australasian Grebe (676)
- Grey Butcherbird (662)
- Little Pied Cormorant (661)
- Masked Lapwing (660)
- Musk Duck (624)
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 Whipstick:
- Eaglehawk North (4.9 km)
- Woodvale (5.8 km)
- Huntly (6 km)
- Jackass Flat (6.1 km)
- Epsom (6.1 km)
- Eaglehawk (6.4 km)
- Sailors Gully (6.6 km)
- Ascot (6.6 km)
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