Bennison VIC 3960
30 addresses · 7 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Bennison · 148 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Bennison is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 42 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,125 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 Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Foster statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bennison itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 53.8 km north.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Bennison.
- Bennison Recreation Reserve Equestrian
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: 14.7% 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 | 14.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bennison
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bennison
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bennison
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bennison
| Australian | 18 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| German | 4 |
Housing tenure in Bennison
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bennison
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Bennison
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Bennison
| India | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,900 bird observations recorded near Bennison — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (254)
- Grey Fantail (223)
- Superb Fairy-wren (215)
- Common Starling (191)
- Australian Magpie (180)
- Red Wattlebird (170)
- Brown Thornbill (162)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (154)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (143)
- Little Raven (139)
- European Goldfinch (137)
- White-faced Heron (133)
- Welcome Swallow (121)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bennison
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (120)
- Common Myna (119)
- Pacific Gull (114)
- Silvereye (107)
- Australian White Ibis (105)
- Pacific Black Duck (105)
- Silver Gull (104)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (101)
- New Holland Honeyeater (101)
- Grey Butcherbird (100)
- Crimson Rosella (99)
- Magpie-lark (95)
- White-browed Scrubwren (95)
- Little Corella (86)
- Galah (82)
- House Sparrow (74)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (71)
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 Bennison:
- Port Franklin (1.7 km)
- Toora (4.8 km)
- Foster (5.9 km)
- Wonga (7.5 km)
- Mount Best (8.7 km)
- Toora North (9.2 km)
- Woorarra West (9.4 km)
- Agnes (10.3 km)
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Streets
- Bennison Road (2)
- Durston Road (3)
- Lawrence Road (2)
- Lower Franklin Road (1)
- Lower Toora Road (5)
- Osullivans Road (5)
- Port Franklin Road (12)
