Birchip, Victoria

Birchip
Victoria
The main street of Birchip
Birchip is located in Shire of Buloke
Birchip
Birchip
Coordinates35°59′0″S 142°56′0″E / 35.98333°S 142.93333°E / -35.98333; 142.93333
Population694 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3483
Elevation102 m (335 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Buloke
State electorate(s)Mildura
Federal division(s)Mallee
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.2 °C
72 °F
8.6 °C
47 °F
374.1 mm
14.7 in
Localities around Birchip:
Karyrie Whirily Whirily
Karyrie Birchip Narraport
Birchip West Morton Plains Narraport
The "Mallee Bull"

Birchip is a town in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia on the Sunraysia Highway north of Donald. The town is located in the Shire of Buloke local government area. At the 2021 census, Birchip had a population of 694, down from the 2016 figure of 702.[1] It has a P-12 school, and an Australian rules football club called Birchip-Watchem, also known as the Birchip-Watchem Bulls, or just the "Bulls".[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Birchip (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 November 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Birchip P-12 School". Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Birchip-Watchem Bulls". Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2012.