Creswick, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Creswick is a historic gold town in central Victoria, about 18 kilometres north of Ballarat in Dja Dja Wurrung country. It takes its name from the Creswick family, who established a sheep station here in 1842, before gold drew thousands to the district in the 1850s. In 1882 the town was the scene of Australia's worst goldmining disaster, when twenty-two miners drowned in the flooded New Australasian mine. Creswick is closely tied to the celebrated Lindsay family of artists, including Norman Lindsay, and was the boyhood home of John Curtin, prime minister through much of the Second World War. The Victorian School of Forestry was founded here in 1910. Today it is a quiet, leafy town surrounded by forest and known for its arts heritage.
Less advantaged than the national average
Creswick is more socio-economically advantaged than about 22% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 933, 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.
Is Creswick a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Creswick from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
22/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (22/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
53/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $275 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 53% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Creswick at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3,279
- Median age
- 50
- Median weekly household income
- $1,144
- SEIFA score
- 933
- Local government area
- Hepburn
- Coordinates
- -37.4211, 143.8913
Map of Creswick
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Housing & property in Creswick
What it costs to live in Creswick and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $275
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,300
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 78%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 18%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Creswick demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Creswick demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Creswick 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 29% and 11% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 506 | 15% |
| Youth (15–24) | 268 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 620 | 19% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 931 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 956 | 29% |
Share of the 3,281 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 569 | 43% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 457 | 35% |
| Rented | 241 | 18% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,193 | 90% |
| Townhouses & semis | 11 | 1% |
| Flats & apartments | 89 | 7% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,319 occupied private dwellings in Creswick.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,556
- Median weekly personal income
- $607
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 328 (11%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 105 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 43 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,093 (41%)
- Labour-force participation
- 48.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8%
- Employed full-time
- 654
- Employed part-time
- 508
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.
Weather and climate in Creswick
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Creswick is January (average daytime high around 24.4°C) and the coolest is July (around 8.6°C). The area receives roughly 777 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.4°C | 12°C | 53 mm |
| Feb | 22.9°C | 11.3°C | 30 mm |
| Mar | 20.5°C | 10.5°C | 45 mm |
| Apr | 16.3°C | 8.4°C | 62 mm |
| May | 12°C | 6.1°C | 76 mm |
| Jun | 9.4°C | 4.4°C | 73 mm |
| Jul | 8.6°C | 3.5°C | 67 mm |
| Aug | 9.6°C | 3.5°C | 76 mm |
| Sep | 12.4°C | 4.7°C | 78 mm |
| Oct | 16.1°C | 6.3°C | 85 mm |
| Nov | 18.5°C | 7.9°C | 73 mm |
| Dec | 21.6°C | 9.7°C | 59 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Creswick
Is Creswick a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Creswick rates 32/100 overall (Lower on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Creswick?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Creswick was $275, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Creswick?
Creswick is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Hepburn local government area.
What is the population of Creswick?
At the 2021 Census, Creswick had a population of about 3,279.
Is Creswick an advantaged area?
Creswick has an ABS SEIFA score of 933, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 22 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 22% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Creswick?
Creswick has average daytime highs of about 16°C and overnight lows of about 7.4°C, with roughly 777 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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