Bengworden VIC 3875
89 addresses · 10 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Bengworden · 218 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Bengworden is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 93 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,458 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Paynesville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bengworden itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 8.1% 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 | 8.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 63.2%
Population by age in Bengworden
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bengworden
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bengworden
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bengworden
| Australian | 40 |
|---|---|
| English | 36 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Bengworden
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bengworden
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Bengworden
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,579 bird observations recorded near Bengworden — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (109)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (94)
- Eastern Rosella (92)
- Noisy Miner (92)
- Grey Fantail (82)
- Superb Fairy-wren (73)
- Grey Butcherbird (71)
- Brown Thornbill (63)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (55)
- Galah (52)
- Common Starling (50)
- Crimson Rosella (46)
- Magpie-lark (46)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bengworden
- Little Raven (45)
- Willie Wagtail (45)
- Australian Wood Duck (43)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (43)
- Common Bronzewing (43)
- Red Wattlebird (41)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (40)
- Laughing Kookaburra (39)
- Welcome Swallow (39)
- Striated Pardalote (38)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (36)
- White-faced Heron (36)
- White-winged Chough (36)
- Yellow Thornbill (34)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (33)
- Rufous Whistler (32)
- Common Myna (31)
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 Bengworden:
- Goon Nure (8.7 km)
- Hollands Landing (9 km)
- Meerlieu (9.5 km)
- Lindenow South (13.6 km)
- Loch Sport (15.3 km)
- Fernbank (16 km)
- Forge Creek (16.3 km)
- Hillside (16.6 km)
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Streets
- Aitkens Road (7)
- Bengworden Road (32)
- Boundary Road (7)
- Cousens Road (1)
- Franks Lane (3)
- Lathams Road (8)
- Lindenow-meerlieu Road (11)
- Straceys Lane (2)
- Swindells Road (8)
- Turners Road (10)
