Bessiebelle VIC 3304
91 addresses · 18 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Bessiebelle · 267 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Bessiebelle is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 113 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $974 a week, with median rent near $140 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Moyne - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bessiebelle itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Portland Airport, 44.6 km west.
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: 42.8% 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 | 42.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 54.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bessiebelle
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bessiebelle
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bessiebelle
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Bessiebelle
| Australian | 54 |
|---|---|
| English | 42 |
| Irish | 14 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| German | 11 |
| Scottish | 11 |
Housing tenure in Bessiebelle
| Owned | 24 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bessiebelle
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Bessiebelle
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Bessiebelle
| New Zealand | 7 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
239 bird observations recorded near Bessiebelle — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (25)
- Australian Shelduck (20)
- Little Raven (19)
- Welcome Swallow (19)
- White-faced Heron (14)
- Magpie-lark (13)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (12)
- Brolga (10)
- Common Starling (8)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (8)
- Willie Wagtail (8)
- Pacific Black Duck (7)
- Black Swan (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bessiebelle
- Eurasian Skylark (6)
- Masked Lapwing (6)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (6)
- Crimson Rosella (5)
- House Sparrow (4)
- Laughing Kookaburra (4)
- New Holland Honeyeater (4)
- Red Wattlebird (4)
- Red-rumped Parrot (4)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (4)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (4)
- White-necked Heron (4)
- Australasian Grebe (3)
- Australian White Ibis (3)
- Brown Falcon (3)
- Forest Raven (3)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (3)
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 Bessiebelle:
- Tyrendarra East (10.3 km)
- Codrington (10.6 km)
- Broadwater (11.8 km)
- St Helens (13.6 km)
- Tyrendarra (14 km)
- Lake Condah (14.6 km)
- Orford (14.8 km)
- Homerton (14.9 km)
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Streets
- Booths Road (1)
- Bourkes Road (1)
- Codrington-bessiebelle Road (14)
- H Sharrocks Road (4)
- Jensz Road (1)
- Manlys Road (4)
- Mccabes Road (1)
- Mt Misery Road (1)
- Muddy Dam Road (1)
- Old Mill Road (7)
- Pallisters Road (4)
- Portland Road (14)
- Purcells Road (2)
- Pyes Road (1)
- Sandy Lane (1)
- School Road (7)
- Thomass Road (4)
- Woolsthorpe-heywood Road (23)
