Yelta VIC 3505
180 addresses · 18 streets
Mallee Electorate › Mildura LGA › Yelta · 488 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Yelta is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 325 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $185 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Merbein statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Yelta itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
2 libraries
1 golf club
1 electrician
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Mildura Airport, 12.6 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: 18.1% 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 | 18.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 52.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 59.4%
Population by age in Yelta
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 58 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 49 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 55 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Yelta
| House | 107 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Yelta
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 30 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Yelta
| Australian | 144 |
|---|---|
| English | 130 |
| Irish | 40 |
| Scottish | 40 |
| Ancestry NS | 29 |
| Italian | 20 |
Housing tenure in Yelta
| Owned | 43 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 48 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Yelta
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 47 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Yelta
| Car | 107 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Yelta
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 6 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Yelta
| Tagalog | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,551 bird observations recorded near Yelta — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (2,340)
- Pacific Black Duck (785)
- Eurasian Coot (468)
- Australian Pelican (429)
- Whistling Kite (389)
- Black Swan (353)
- Magpie-lark (339)
- Noisy Miner (326)
- Crested Pigeon (318)
- Australian Shelduck (282)
- Australian White Ibis (281)
- Little Black Cormorant (270)
- Bluebonnet (262)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Yelta
- Australian Wood Duck (246)
- Australian Magpie (244)
- Little Pied Cormorant (244)
- Red-rumped Parrot (242)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (239)
- Southern Magpie-lark (239)
- Willie Wagtail (232)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (225)
- White-faced Heron (225)
- Welcome Swallow (222)
- Australasian Grebe (221)
- Yellow Rosella (205)
- Australasian Darter (202)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (190)
- Pied Butcherbird (182)
- Caspian Tern (181)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (170)
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 Yelta:
- Merbein West (4 km)
- Merbein (5.7 km)
- Birdwoodton (8.6 km)
- Merbein South (8.8 km)
- Cabarita (10.3 km)
- Wargan (11.6 km)
- Mildura (14 km)
- Koorlong (16.9 km)
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Streets
- Alkira Road (19)
- Bunker Road (4)
- Calder Highway (3)
- Cowanna Avenue (6)
- Crozier Road (1)
- Cupper Road (1)
- First Street (5)
- Hogg Road (3)
- Hoyle Road (3)
- Little Cowra Road (24)
- Meridian Road (4)
- Nemtsas Lane (2)
- Old Wentworth Road (15)
- Paschendale Avenue (17)
- Rose Street (11)
- Sawmill Road (7)
- Sylvia Street (7)
- Wentworth Road (48)
