Arawata VIC 3951
98 addresses · 11 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Arawata · 103 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Arawata is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 92 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $231 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Korumburra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Arawata itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 55.6 km east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 5.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.5% · Labour-force participation 56%
Population by age in Arawata
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Arawata
| House | 41 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Arawata
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Arawata
| English | 44 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| German | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
Housing tenure in Arawata
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Arawata
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Arawata
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Arawata
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,463 bird observations recorded near Arawata — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (127)
- Eurasian Blackbird (116)
- Superb Fairy-wren (103)
- Grey Fantail (101)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (95)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (95)
- Laughing Kookaburra (95)
- Brown Thornbill (94)
- Crimson Rosella (91)
- White-browed Scrubwren (90)
- Common Starling (87)
- Magpie-lark (84)
- Welcome Swallow (81)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Arawata
- White-throated Treecreeper (80)
- Red Wattlebird (76)
- Silvereye (76)
- Eastern Rosella (74)
- Eastern Spinebill (74)
- Grey Butcherbird (74)
- Golden Whistler (73)
- Willie Wagtail (72)
- White-faced Heron (71)
- House Sparrow (70)
- Australian Raven (68)
- Red-browed Finch (68)
- Masked Lapwing (67)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (66)
- Straw-necked Ibis (66)
- Noisy Miner (65)
- Australian White Ibis (64)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Arawata:
- Kardella (3 km)
- Ranceby (3.1 km)
- Fairbank (4.7 km)
- Ruby (5.8 km)
- Wild Dog Valley (6.1 km)
- Kardella South (6.2 km)
- Strzelecki (6.2 km)
- Korumburra (6.6 km)
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Streets
- Aeschlimanns Road (1)
- Calder And Camerons Road (1)
- Fairbank Road (57)
- Fitzgeralds Road (7)
- Kardella-fairbank Road (5)
- Korumburra-warragul Road (1)
- Mcnaughtons Road (4)
- Newtons Road (4)
- One Chain Road (6)
- Ritchies Road (9)
- Wilsons Road (3)
