Jackass Flat is a suburb of the city of

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2022, Bendigo has a popula ...

in central

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

, Australia. Jackass Flat is in the

City of Greater Bendigo The City of Greater Bendigo is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in August 2021, had a population of 121,470. It includes the city of Bendigo and the towns of A ...

, north of the Bendigo central business district.

History

At the 2006 census, Jackass Flat had a population of 224. At the , Jackass Flat had a population of 1,141. Jackass Flat has continued to show signs of development with the 2021 census showing that the population had expanded to 1,907.

Ecology

Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve, a reserve was established in 1980. It contains the rare Star-hair ('' Astrotricha linearis'') and Shrub Violet ('' Hybanthus floribundus'').

References

Suburbs of Bendigo {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub