Suburb profile

Scotchmans Lead VIC 3352

Scotchmans Lead is located in the Ballarat region of Victoria, postcode 3352. It has 47 properties across 10 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Scotchmans Lead, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Scotchmans Lead

Scotchmans Lead, VIC 3352, sits in the Ballarat region and neighbours Cambrian Hill, Durham Lead, Magpie and Buninyong. Its 10 streets hold 47 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for Buninyong, the statistical area covering Scotchmans Lead. Buninyong had 7,261 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $1,927 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,662 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 2,522 dwellings, 2,407 were separate houses, 60 semi-detached, 46 flats and 5 other; 1,102 were owned outright, 1,011 owned with a mortgage and 360 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Scotchmans Lead

  • 7,261Peoplelive in the area
  • 42Median ageyears
  • $1,927Median household incomea week
  • $330Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,407
  • Townhouses and semis60
  • Flats and apartments46
  • Other5

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,662a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,102Owned with a mortgage 1,011Rented 360Other 49

Streets in Scotchmans Lead

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.