Buln Buln VIC 3821
238 addresses · 16 streets
Monash Electorate › Baw Baw LGA › Buln Buln · 92 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Buln Buln is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 551 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,916 a week, with median rent near $258 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Baw Baw Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Buln Buln itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 Catholic churches
1 golf club
2 plumbers
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Warragul, 7.5 km south · Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 47.6 km east.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Buln Buln.
- Buln Buln Primary School Cricket
- Buln Buln Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 8.9% 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 | 8.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 26.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 74.5%
Population by age in Buln Buln
| 0-4 | 23 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 93 |
| 15-19 | 38 |
| 20-24 | 35 |
| 25-34 | 39 |
| 35-44 | 69 |
| 45-54 | 90 |
| 55-64 | 81 |
| 65-74 | 56 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Buln Buln
| House | 177 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Buln Buln
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 46 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 60 |
| $3,000+ | 42 |
Top ancestries in Buln Buln
| Australian | 285 |
|---|---|
| English | 226 |
| Irish | 54 |
| Scottish | 47 |
| Ancestry NS | 38 |
| Dutch | 24 |
Housing tenure in Buln Buln
| Owned | 71 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 84 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Buln Buln
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 74 |
| 3 | 37 |
| 4+ | 39 |
Commute to work in Buln Buln
| Car | 198 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 51 |
Top countries of birth in Buln Buln
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 |
Languages used at home in Buln Buln
| Thai | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,106 bird observations recorded near Buln Buln — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (251)
- Crimson Rosella (228)
- Laughing Kookaburra (221)
- Grey Fantail (204)
- Eurasian Blackbird (201)
- Superb Fairy-wren (194)
- Magpie-lark (172)
- Brown Thornbill (155)
- Common Starling (147)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (147)
- Eastern Rosella (144)
- Pied Currawong (138)
- Willie Wagtail (132)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Buln Buln
- Galah (124)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (121)
- Welcome Swallow (118)
- Australian King-parrot (116)
- Australian Raven (115)
- European Goldfinch (111)
- Red Wattlebird (111)
- White-faced Heron (105)
- House Sparrow (103)
- Eastern Spinebill (101)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (100)
- Australian White Ibis (95)
- Common Myna (93)
- New Holland Honeyeater (91)
- Straw-necked Ibis (91)
- White-throated Treecreeper (89)
- Bell Miner (88)
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 Buln Buln:
- Bravington (2.6 km)
- Brandy Creek (2.9 km)
- Lillico (3.3 km)
- Rokeby (3.3 km)
- Crossover (4.8 km)
- Drouin East (6.1 km)
- Nilma North (6.2 km)
- Warragul (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Bloomfield Road (12)
- Brandy Creek Road (7)
- Cazalys Road (1)
- Christies Road (9)
- Durhams Road (1)
- Dwyerstead Street (5)
- Factory Street (15)
- Grays Road (4)
- Isles Road (3)
- Longmuir Road (2)
- Mildrens Road (5)
- Old Sale Road (66)
- Platts Road (67)
- Ryans Road (24)
- Solomons Road (2)
- Station Street (15)
