Bumberrah VIC 3902
49 addresses · 6 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Bumberrah · 252 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Bumberrah is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 101 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Bruthen - Omeo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bumberrah itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 25.5 km south-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: 13.3% 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 | 13.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 51.9%
Population by age in Bumberrah
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bumberrah
| House | 31 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bumberrah
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bumberrah
| Australian | 38 |
|---|---|
| English | 33 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Bumberrah
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bumberrah
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Bumberrah
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Bumberrah
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| Malta | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,697 bird observations recorded near Bumberrah — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (1,739)
- Red Wattlebird (1,329)
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,073)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,057)
- Galah (1,032)
- Common Starling (833)
- Crimson Rosella (815)
- Welcome Swallow (789)
- Laughing Kookaburra (750)
- Grey Fantail (699)
- Common Bronzewing (697)
- Eastern Spinebill (572)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (560)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bumberrah
- Straw-necked Ibis (532)
- Magpie-lark (531)
- Willie Wagtail (525)
- Grey Butcherbird (495)
- Eastern Rosella (493)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (466)
- Australian King-parrot (441)
- Little Wattlebird (427)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (408)
- Brown Thornbill (395)
- Australian Raven (363)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (345)
- Common Myna (326)
- Pied Currawong (264)
- New Holland Honeyeater (256)
- Australian Wood Duck (244)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (241)
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 Bumberrah:
- Tambo Upper (2 km)
- Johnsonville (3.9 km)
- Swan Reach (4.3 km)
- Mossiface (5.3 km)
- Nicholson (7.6 km)
- Wiseleigh (8.5 km)
- Bruthen (9 km)
- Sarsfield (9.1 km)
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Streets
- Johnsons Road (11)
- Pages Road (6)
- Sunnybanks Court (5)
- Swan Reach Road (14)
- The Eyrie (6)
- Wilsons Lane (7)
