Woodend VIC 3442

Living Here

Woodend is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 6,732 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,104 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $868,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • St Ambrose Parish Primary School
  • Woodend Primary School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Andrews Cafe
• 2 supermarkets

  • Ritchies
  • Coles
• 1 park

  • Quahlee Reserve
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Patrick's Catholic Church Macedon
• 1 hospital

  • Kyneton District Health Service
• 1 post office

  • Woodend LPO
• 1 service station

  • BP
• 2 golf clubs

  • Woodend Golf Club
  • Mount Macedon Golf Club
• 1 bakery

  • Bourkies Bakehouse
• 2 places to stay

  • Keatings Hotel
  • Macedon Spa

Getting around. Train station: Woodend, 400 m west · Airport: Melbourne Airport, 43.4 km south-east.

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Sport & Recreation

9 facilities recorded in Woodend.

• Buffalo Sports Stadium - Woodend Basketball, Netball (Indoor), Soccer (Indoor Soccer / Futsal), Volleyball
• Gilbert Gordon Oval Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
• Hanging Rock Reserve Bocce, Cricket, Equestrian, Orienteering
• Racecourse Reserve Equestrian
• Woodend Bowling Club Lawn Bowls
• Woodend Golf Club Golf
• Woodend Racecourse Reserve Athletics, Australian Rules Football, Basketball, Cricket, Netball
• Woodend Swimming Pool Swimming
• Woodend 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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 33.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 60.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,981 bird observations recorded near Woodend — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (442)
• Crimson Rosella (427)
• Little Raven (316)
• Australian Wood Duck (313)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (300)
• Laughing Kookaburra (293)
• Superb Fairy-wren (257)
• Grey Fantail (220)
• Red Wattlebird (219)
• Pacific Black Duck (206)
• Brown Thornbill (200)
• Pied Currawong (190)
• Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (180)

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 Woodend:

• Woodend North (3.7 km)
• Cadello (6.8 km)
• Mount Macedon (7 km)
• Ashbourne (7 km)
• Macedon (7.9 km)
• Carlsruhe (8.4 km)
• Hesket (8.6 km)
• Newham (8.6 km)

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