Ellaswood VIC 3875
124 addresses · 10 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Ellaswood · 230 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Ellaswood is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 206 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,143 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bairnsdale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ellaswood itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
2 places to stay
Getting around. Bus interchange: Bairnsdale Station, 6.5 km south-east · Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 11 km south.
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: 22% 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 | 22.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 72.7%
Population by age in Ellaswood
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 43 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ellaswood
| House | 70 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ellaswood
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Ellaswood
| Australian | 115 |
|---|---|
| English | 92 |
| German | 14 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
Housing tenure in Ellaswood
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 42 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ellaswood
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Ellaswood
| Car | 71 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Ellaswood
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,225 bird observations recorded near Ellaswood — most often seen:
- Common Starling (308)
- Eurasian Blackbird (275)
- Australian Magpie (273)
- Red Wattlebird (244)
- Grey Fantail (238)
- Superb Fairy-wren (232)
- Magpie-lark (220)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (213)
- Straw-necked Ibis (211)
- Australian White Ibis (194)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (194)
- Silvereye (189)
- Pacific Black Duck (172)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ellaswood
- Welcome Swallow (169)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (165)
- Galah (159)
- Willie Wagtail (155)
- Little Wattlebird (148)
- White-faced Heron (147)
- Grey Butcherbird (136)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (129)
- Red-browed Finch (127)
- Masked Lapwing (125)
- European Goldfinch (124)
- Common Myna (119)
- Australian Wood Duck (118)
- Brown Thornbill (117)
- House Sparrow (109)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (108)
- Eurasian Coot (107)
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 Ellaswood:
- Wy Yung (3.5 km)
- Mount Taylor (4.1 km)
- Bairnsdale (5.6 km)
- Eastwood (5.8 km)
- Calulu (6.2 km)
- Hillside (6.9 km)
- Lucknow (7.3 km)
- Granite Rock (7.8 km)
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Streets
- Beynons Road (2)
- Bullumwaal Road (7)
- Di Palma Terrace (7)
- Ellaswood Road (22)
- Fischers Lane (11)
- Hodges Estate Road (28)
- Mount Lookout Road (23)
- Overy Road (1)
- Peart Road (1)
- Wy Yung-calulu Road (22)
