Joyces Creek Postcode

Victoria

Inner Regional

3364

Postcode for Joyces Creek, VIC
Phone area code: 03 · 117 km from Melbourne · Pop. 20

Population

Median Age

$1,187

Household Income/wk

$N/A

Median Rent/wk

7/10

SEIFA Advantage

36.4

Area (km²)

Income, rent and SEIFA figures are from the ABS 2021 Census and are reported in 2021 dollars, not adjusted for subsequent inflation.

Where Joyces Creek ranks: household income sits in the bottom 25% of VIC suburbs; rents sit in the cheapest 10% in VIC.

How Joyces Creek Compares

Joyces Creek vs the VIC average and the national average (2021 Census, population-weighted).

Metric	Joyces Creek	VIC avg	AU avg
Household income/wk	$1,187 -VIC	$1,817	$1,836
Mortgage/month	$939 -VIC	$1,933	$1,958
Median age	56	46.0	45.0
SEIFA decile	7/10 ≈VIC	6.0/10	6.0/10
Unemployment	0.0% -VIC	5.0%	5.0%

Green pill = at least 10% above the VIC average; red = at least 10% below; grey = within 10%. For unemployment, colour polarity is inverted: lower is better.

Joyces Creek is a locality 117 km from Melbourne in Victoria, classified as inner regional by the ABS. The postcode is 3364. It falls within the Bendigo region. The local government area is Mount Alexander.

According to the 2021 Census, Joyces Creek has a population of 20 with a median age of 56. The median weekly household income is $1,187, below the VIC average.

Housing in Joyces Creek includes a median monthly mortgage repayment of $939, 9 total dwellings. Housing costs in the area sit below the VIC average. Owner-occupied dwellings (owned or mortgaged) make up 100.0% of housing.

On the SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage, Joyces Creek scores in decile 7 out of 10, which is above the national average.

Joyces Creek is part of the Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton statistical area in Victoria.

Joyces Creek Details

Postcode	3364
State	Victoria (VIC)
Phone Area Code	03
Population (2021)	20
Median Age	56 years
Median Household Income (Census 2021)	$1,187/week
Median Personal Income (Census 2021)	$687/week
Median Monthly Mortgage (Census 2021)	$939
Average Household Size	2.3 persons
Area	36.4 km²
Population Density	1/km²
Total Dwellings	9
Australian Citizens	65.0%
Unemployment Rate	0.0%
SEIFA IRSAD Decile	7/10 (above average)
Latitude	-37.0991
Longitude	143.988
Distance from Melbourne	117 km
Region (SA4)	Bendigo
Area (SA3)	Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton
Local Government	Mount Alexander
Federal Electorate	Ballarat

Age Profile

20.0%

45.0%

15.0%

0–14 (0.0%) 15–24 (20.0%) 25–44 (0.0%) 45–64 (45.0%) 65+ (15.0%)

Show counts

0–14 years	0 (0.0%)
15–24 years	4 (20.0%)
25–44 years	0 (0.0%)
45–64 years	9 (45.0%)
65+ years	3 (15.0%)

Housing Tenure

62.5%

37.5%

Owned outright (62.5%) Mortgaged (37.5%) Rented (0.0%)

SEIFA Socio-economic Index

Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD), decile 7 of 10. Higher deciles indicate more advantage.

Motor Vehicles per Dwelling

No vehicle	0 (0.0%)
1 vehicle	0 (0.0%)
2 vehicles	0 (0.0%)
3+ vehicles	4 (100.0%)

Suburbs Near Joyces Creek

Welshmans Reef 5.9 km Strathlea 6.0 km Newstead 6.9 km Moolort 7.7 km Rodborough 9.3 km Sandon 9.9 km Green Gully 10.3 km Strangways 10.3 km Tarrengower 10.8 km Cotswold 10.9 km Muckleford South 11.5 km Clydesdale 12.1 km

Same Postcode (3364)

More Joyces Creek Data

Mount Alexander LGA 49 suburbs, 13 postcodes, 19,837 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Daylesford (31.4 km) NDIS Providers NDIS data for Mount Alexander LGA

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, ACARA school profiles 2025. How this data is sourced.