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Barunah Plains, VIC

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·

48/100
Suburb Score

Around the national middle

Barunah Plains is more socio-economically advantaged than about 48% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 983, where about 1000 is the national average).

A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.

Barunah Plains at a glance

Population (2021)
10
Median age
43
Median weekly household income
$2,999
SEIFA score
983
Coordinates
-38.0478, 143.7690

Barunah Plains demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Barunah Plains using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 100% and 0% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age groupPeopleShare
Children (0–14)00%
Youth (15–24)00%
Young adults (25–44)00%
Mid-life (45–64)00%
Seniors (65+)4100%

Share of the 4 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Dwelling typeDwellingsShare
Houses3100%
Townhouses & semis00%
Flats & apartments00%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 3 occupied private dwellings in Barunah Plains.

Median monthly mortgage
$936
Average household size
2.5 people
Median weekly family income
$3,250
Median weekly personal income
$1,624

Community and culture

Born overseas
0 (0%)
Speaks a language other than English at home
0 (0%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
0 (0%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12
5 (83%)
Labour-force participation
100%
Employed full-time
3
Employed part-time
0

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.

Common questions about Barunah Plains

Where is Barunah Plains?

Barunah Plains is a suburb of Victoria, Australia.

What is the population of Barunah Plains?

At the 2021 Census, Barunah Plains had a population of about 10.

Is Barunah Plains an advantaged area?

Barunah Plains has an ABS SEIFA score of 983, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 48 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 48% of Australian suburbs.

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