Eildon, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Eildon is a town in central Victoria, on the Goulburn River below the great wall of Lake Eildon, about 140 kilometres north-east of Melbourne in Taungurung country. The name was given by early settlers Archibald Thom and his wife in 1846, recalling the Eildon Hills near her birthplace in Scotland. The modern town was built to serve the Eildon Dam, constructed between 1951 and 1956 to store irrigation water and generate hydro-electricity; an earlier settlement, Darlingford, was flooded as the reservoir filled. Hundreds of prefabricated houses, with parts cut in England, were assembled to house the dam workers. Today Eildon is a holiday town, a base for fishing, boating and bushwalking around Lake Eildon National Park, with Murray cod and golden perch drawing anglers.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Eildon is more socio-economically advantaged than about 11% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 894, 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.
Eildon at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 944
- Median age
- 56
- Median weekly household income
- $932
- SEIFA score
- 894
- Coordinates
- -37.3868, 146.0181
Eildon demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Eildon 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 33%, 25% of homes are rented, and 16% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 102 | 11% |
| Youth (15–24) | 70 | 7% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 153 | 16% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 305 | 32% |
| Seniors (65+) | 315 | 33% |
Share of the 945 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 200 | 46% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 101 | 23% |
| Rented | 106 | 25% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 393 | 91% |
| Townhouses & semis | 8 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 432 occupied private dwellings in Eildon.
- Median weekly rent
- $250
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,147
- Average household size
- 1.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,294
- Median weekly personal income
- $580
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 138 (16%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 36 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 18 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 270 (33%)
- Labour-force participation
- 44.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1%
- Employed full-time
- 174
- Employed part-time
- 136
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 Eildon
Where is Eildon?
Eildon is a suburb of Victoria, Australia.
What is the population of Eildon?
At the 2021 Census, Eildon had a population of about 944.
Is Eildon an advantaged area?
Eildon has an ABS SEIFA score of 894, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 11 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 11% of Australian suburbs.
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