Bunyip VIC 3815

Living Here

Bunyip is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 3,131 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,927 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% 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 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $700,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bunyip - Garfield statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bunyip itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Columbia Catholic School
  • Bunyip Primary School
  • Garfield Primary School
  • Longwarry Primary School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Biddy Martha's Café
  • Lady Lavender's Tea Rooms
• 1 supermarket

  • Foodworks
• 1 park

  • Koolangarra Park
• 1 pharmacy

  • Bunyip Pharmacy
• 1 childcare centre

  • Bunyip Kindergarten
• 2 post offices

  • Bunyip LPO
  • Garfield LPO
• 1 gym

  • Garfield Swimming Pool
• 2 golf clubs

  • Garfield Golf Club
  • Drouin Golf & Country Club
• 1 butcher

  • Country Style Meats
• 1 hairdresser

  • Flinch Hair & Beauty
• 1 place to stay

  • Longwarry Hotel

Getting around. Train station: Bunyip Station, 500 m south · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 55.9 km west.

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Sport & Recreation

5 facilities recorded in Bunyip.

• Bunyip Basketball Stadium Basketball
• Bunyip Equestrian Park, Pound Rd Reserve Equestrian
• Bunyip Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Equestrian, Netball, Soccer, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Hope St park BMX
• Pound Road 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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 9.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 63%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

8,181 bird observations recorded near Bunyip — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (406)
• Eurasian Blackbird (370)
• Magpie-lark (348)
• Common Myna (347)
• Red Wattlebird (311)
• Laughing Kookaburra (308)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (302)
• Galah (299)
• Noisy Miner (299)
• Common Starling (298)
• Grey Fantail (297)
• Australian King-parrot (294)
• Willie Wagtail (284)

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 Bunyip:

• Bunyip North (3.3 km)
• Garfield (3.7 km)
• Longwarry (4.7 km)
• Garfield North (5.9 km)
• Longwarry North (6 km)
• Iona (6.1 km)
• Vervale (6.9 km)
• Tynong (8.4 km)

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