Suburb profile
Amherst VIC 3371
Amherst is located in the Ballarat region of Victoria, postcode 3371. It has 86 properties across 14 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Amherst, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Amherst
Amherst, VIC 3371, sits in the Ballarat region and neighbours Adelaide Lead, Bung Bong, Caralulup and Daisy Hill. Its 14 streets hold 86 properties, all 86 of them houses.
Census figures are for Maryborough Surrounds, the statistical area covering Amherst. It had 5,526 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $956 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,046 a month and the median rent $200 a week. Of 2,221 dwellings, 2,129 were separate houses, 49 semi-detached and 40 other; 1,175 were owned outright, 728 owned with a mortgage and 222 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Amherst
- 5,526Peoplelive in the area
- 53Median ageyears
- $956Median household incomea week
- $200Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,129
- Townhouses and semis49
- Other40
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,046a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Amherst
- Avoca Road22 properties
- Baker Road12 properties
- Blacksmith Gully Road4 properties
- Collings Road5 properties
- Dalton Street1 property
- Dunn Road4 properties
- Lacy Street2 properties
- Lillicur Road15 properties
- Mcintyres Road5 properties
- Mckinstry Road1 property
- Pollocks Road2 properties
- Possum Gully Road8 properties
- Queen Street4 properties
- Tyler Track1 property
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.