Mount Hooghly Postcode

Victoria

Outer Regional Bottom 20% SEIFA

3472

Postcode for Mount Hooghly, VIC
Phone area code: 03 · 153 km from Melbourne · Pop. 18

Population

Median Age

$1,416

Household Income/wk

$138

Median Rent/wk

1/10

SEIFA Advantage

45.8

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 Mount Hooghly ranks: SEIFA decile 1 places it in the bottom 20% of Australia for socio-economic advantage.

How Mount Hooghly Compares

Mount Hooghly vs the VIC average and the national average (2021 Census, population-weighted).

Metric	Mount Hooghly	VIC avg	AU avg
Household income/wk	$1,416 -VIC	$1,817	$1,836
Rent/wk	$138 -VIC	$375	$390
Median age	48	46.0	45.0
SEIFA decile	1/10 -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.

Mount Hooghly is a locality 153 km from Melbourne in Victoria, classified as outer regional by the ABS. The postcode is 3472. It falls within the Bendigo region. The local government area is Central Goldfields.

According to the 2021 Census, Mount Hooghly has a population of 18 with a median age of 48. The median weekly household income is $1,416, below the VIC average.

Housing in Mount Hooghly includes a median weekly rent of $138, 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, Mount Hooghly scores in decile 1 out of 10, which is well below the national average.

Mount Hooghly is part of the Loddon - Elmore statistical area in Victoria.

Mount Hooghly Details

Postcode	3472
State	Victoria (VIC)
Phone Area Code	03
Population (2021)	18
Median Age	48 years
Median Household Income (Census 2021)	$1,416/week
Median Personal Income (Census 2021)	$619/week
Median Weekly Rent (Census 2021)	$138
Average Household Size	2.6 persons
Area	45.8 km²
Population Density	0/km²
Total Dwellings	9
Australian Citizens	100.0%
Unemployment Rate	0.0%
SEIFA IRSAD Decile	1/10 (well below average)
Latitude	-36.9038149
Longitude	143.663396
Distance from Melbourne	153 km
Region (SA4)	Bendigo
Area (SA3)	Loddon - Elmore
Local Government	Central Goldfields
Federal Electorate	Mallee

Age Profile

27.8%

66.7%

0–14 (27.8%) 15–24 (0.0%) 25–44 (0.0%) 45–64 (66.7%) 65+ (0.0%)

Show counts

0–14 years	5 (27.8%)
15–24 years	0 (0.0%)
25–44 years	0 (0.0%)
45–64 years	12 (66.7%)
65+ years	0 (0.0%)

Housing Tenure

100.0%

Owned outright (100.0%) Mortgaged (0.0%) Rented (0.0%)

SEIFA Socio-economic Index

Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD), decile 1 of 10. Higher deciles indicate more advantage.

Motor Vehicles per Dwelling

No vehicle	0 (0.0%)
1 vehicle	0 (0.0%)
2 vehicles	3 (50.0%)
3+ vehicles	3 (50.0%)

Suburbs Near Mount Hooghly

Dunluce 6.4 km Timor West 6.7 km Bet Bet 8.2 km Dunolly 8.6 km Goldsborough 9.3 km Timor 9.8 km Bowenvale 10.7 km Bromley 11.4 km Havelock 11.5 km Betley 12.0 km Rathscar 12.0 km Inkerman 12.5 km

Same Postcode (3472)

Bet Bet Betley Bromley Dunluce Dunolly Eddington Goldsborough Inkerman Mcintyre Moliagul

More Mount Hooghly Data

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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.