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Elmore was close to the route travelled by gold diggers from Bendigo to the Ovens and north-east goldfields, and a village was formed about five kilometres southwards at Runnymede.<\/p>\n
The Elmore district was surveyed in 1857 and the railway line opened between Bendigo and Echuca, via Elmore in 1864, town lots were sold soon afterwards.<\/p>\n
An immediate effect was a decline in Runnymede on the other side of the Campaspe River, and the bridging of the river in 1870 hastened the process.<\/p>\n
A private school was opened in Elmore in 1865 and replaced by a government school in 1875.<\/p>\n
An athenaeum was opened in 1885 and it, along with the railway station and water tower (1871) are registered historic buildings.<\/p>\n
Elmore had a diverse farming base, including vineyards (until affected by Phylloxera in the 1920s), dairying, poultry, sheep grazing and cereals.<\/p>\n
Milk was supplied to the Rochester dairy factory, and Rochester drew ahead of Elmore as irrigation from the Waranga Reservoir western channel was extended to and west of Rochester.<\/p>\n
The flour mill which opened in 1873 operated continuously until shortly before 1960.<\/p>\n
Elmore\u2019s hospital began in 1924, became a bush nursing centre in 1939, and survived a threat of closure in the early 1990s before being amalgamated to form the Rochester and District Health Service in 1993.<\/p>\n
CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in Elmore is 60-69 years with households in Elmore being primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1000 to $1399 per month on mortgages. In general, people in Elmore work in a managerial occupation.<\/p>\n
In 2011, 78.8 per cent of the homes in Elmore were owner-occupied compared with 76.7 per cent in 2016.<\/p>\n
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