Budgeree VIC 3870
82 addresses · 10 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Latrobe (Vic.) LGA › Budgeree · 138 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Budgeree is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 146 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,312 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Churchill statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Budgeree 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: 60.1% 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 | 60.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 75.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 54.1%
Population by age in Budgeree
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 27 |
| 65-74 | 23 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Budgeree
| House | 52 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Budgeree
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Budgeree
| Australian | 72 |
|---|---|
| English | 61 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Other | 15 |
| Irish | 12 |
| French | 5 |
Housing tenure in Budgeree
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Budgeree
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Budgeree
| Car | 36 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Budgeree
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Budgeree
| Cantonese | 5 |
|---|---|
| Indonesian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
623 bird observations recorded near Budgeree — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (39)
- Laughing Kookaburra (37)
- Superb Fairy-wren (36)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (35)
- Australian Magpie (30)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (30)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (26)
- Grey Fantail (26)
- White-browed Scrubwren (23)
- White-throated Treecreeper (23)
- Brown Thornbill (21)
- Eurasian Blackbird (21)
- Red Wattlebird (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Budgeree
- Eastern Whipbird (20)
- Silvereye (20)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (20)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (18)
- Superb Lyrebird (18)
- Australian Raven (17)
- Pied Currawong (16)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (16)
- Grey Currawong (15)
- Australian King-parrot (13)
- Grey Butcherbird (13)
- Southern Boobook (13)
- Striated Thornbill (12)
- Bassian Thrush (11)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (11)
- Little Raven (11)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (11)
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 Budgeree:
- Boolarra South (5.9 km)
- Yinnar South (6.3 km)
- Grand Ridge (6.8 km)
- Jumbuk (7.1 km)
- Boolarra (7.5 km)
- Jeeralang Junction (9.6 km)
- Yinnar (10.1 km)
- Mirboo (11.3 km)
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Streets
- Budgeree Road (19)
- Greenwoods Road (5)
- Morrells Hill Road (2)
- Morwell River East Branch Road (1)
- Prosper Valley Road (17)
- Roys Road (10)
- The Mill Road (1)
- Townsends Road (10)
- Upper Middle Creek Road (2)
- Whitelaws Track (15)
