Trentham, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Trentham is a town in the Central Highlands of Victoria, on the upper Coliban River about 87 kilometres north-west of Melbourne and 24 kilometres east of Daylesford. It lies on Dja Dja Wurrung country. Pastoralists took up land in the area from the late 1830s, and the discovery of gold in the 1850s drew diggers to the district; the post office opened in 1862 and the railway arrived in 1880. Timber-cutting, potato-growing and grazing shaped the local economy, and the cool-climate town is now also a weekend-tourism draw. Its best-known natural feature is Trentham Falls, often described as one of the highest single-drop waterfalls in Victoria. The town hosts an annual Spudfest celebrating its potato-farming heritage.
More advantaged than the national average
Trentham is more socio-economically advantaged than about 79% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1041, 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 Trentham 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.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Trentham 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
79/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (79/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
21/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $386 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 21% 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.
Trentham at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,382
- Median age
- 56
- Median weekly household income
- $1,489
- SEIFA score
- 1041
- Local government area
- Hepburn
- Coordinates
- -37.3806, 144.3358
Map of Trentham
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Housing & property in Trentham
What it costs to live in Trentham and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $386
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,733
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 84%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 11%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Trentham demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Trentham demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Trentham 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 34% and 19% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 179 | 13% |
| Youth (15–24) | 76 | 6% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 208 | 15% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 450 | 33% |
| Seniors (65+) | 465 | 34% |
Share of the 1,378 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 295 | 53% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 174 | 31% |
| Rented | 62 | 11% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 530 | 95% |
| Townhouses & semis | 19 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 555 occupied private dwellings in Trentham.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,901
- Median weekly personal income
- $723
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 247 (19%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 42 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 6 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 693 (59%)
- Labour-force participation
- 49.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.2%
- Employed full-time
- 297
- Employed part-time
- 231
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.
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Common questions about Trentham
Is Trentham 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, Trentham rates 60/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Trentham?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Trentham was $386, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Trentham?
Trentham is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Hepburn local government area.
What is the population of Trentham?
At the 2021 Census, Trentham had a population of about 1,382.
Is Trentham an advantaged area?
Trentham has an ABS SEIFA score of 1041, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 79 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 79% of Australian suburbs.
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