Cobains VIC 3851
137 addresses · 16 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › Cobains · 192 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Cobains is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 245 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Longford - Loch Sport statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cobains itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 medical clinic
1 optometrist
1 vet
1 service station
2 golf clubs
2 hardware stores
1 electrician
Getting around. Bus interchange: Littles Gippsland Coaches, 4 km south-west · Airport: West Sale Airport, 14 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: 0.9% 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 | 0.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 70.9%
Population by age in Cobains
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 35 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 26 |
| 35-44 | 27 |
| 45-54 | 30 |
| 55-64 | 40 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cobains
| House | 83 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cobains
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 33 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Cobains
| English | 130 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 104 |
| Scottish | 30 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Dutch | 8 |
Housing tenure in Cobains
| Owned | 45 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 32 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Cobains
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 34 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Cobains
| Car | 81 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Cobains
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 |
Languages used at home in Cobains
| Tagalog | 8 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,638 bird observations recorded near Cobains — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (145)
- Common Starling (144)
- Australian White Ibis (133)
- Australian Magpie (130)
- Black Swan (114)
- Eurasian Coot (104)
- White-faced Heron (104)
- Masked Lapwing (101)
- Straw-necked Ibis (97)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (96)
- Welcome Swallow (96)
- House Sparrow (95)
- Australian Pelican (90)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cobains
- Pacific Black Duck (88)
- Latham's Snipe (85)
- Eurasian Blackbird (84)
- Silver Gull (84)
- Red Wattlebird (78)
- Willie Wagtail (78)
- Common Myna (77)
- Superb Fairy-wren (70)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (63)
- Dusky Moorhen (63)
- Noisy Miner (62)
- Grey Teal (61)
- Grey Fantail (60)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (60)
- White-necked Heron (60)
- European Goldfinch (59)
- Little Pied Cormorant (57)
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 Cobains:
- East Sale (2.9 km)
- The Heart (4.8 km)
- Clydebank (5 km)
- Sale (5.1 km)
- Airly (5.6 km)
- Montgomery (6.6 km)
- Myrtlebank (7.8 km)
- Wurruk (8.7 km)
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Streets
- Bengworden Road (29)
- Boyces Road (2)
- Cobains Estate Road (9)
- Cobains Road (18)
- Crofts Road (6)
- Findlays Lane (1)
- Fosterton Road (3)
- Frawley Road (4)
- Gibsons Road (6)
- Hagans Road (3)
- Hughes Road (9)
- Mawley Road (14)
- Monaghans Lane (4)
- Smiths Lane (3)
- Somerton Park Estate Road (11)
- Somerton Park Road (15)
