Erica VIC 3825
213 addresses · 14 streets
Monash Electorate › Baw Baw LGA › Erica · 125 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Erica is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 184 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,260 a week, with median rent near $203 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Mount Baw Baw Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Erica itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
2 parks
1 medical clinic
1 childcare centre
1 gym
Getting around. Railway halt: Thomson, 4.3 km north-east · Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 27.7 km south.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Erica.
- Erica MTB Park Cycling
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: 60.5% 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 | 60.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 69.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 60.4%
Population by age in Erica
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 29 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Erica
| House | 83 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Erica
| <$650 | 25 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 27 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Erica
| Australian | 83 |
|---|---|
| English | 63 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| German | 14 |
| Italian | 14 |
| Irish | 11 |
Housing tenure in Erica
| Owned | 45 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Erica
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 31 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Erica
| Car | 59 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Erica
| England | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Erica
| Italian | 9 |
|---|---|
| German | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,112 bird observations recorded near Erica — most often seen:
- Superb Lyrebird (112)
- Brown Thornbill (109)
- Pied Currawong (106)
- Crimson Rosella (102)
- Superb Fairy-wren (94)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (92)
- White-browed Scrubwren (89)
- Australian Magpie (86)
- Australian Wood Duck (86)
- Grey Fantail (84)
- White-throated Treecreeper (84)
- Laughing Kookaburra (80)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (80)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Erica
- Australian King-parrot (76)
- Southern Boobook (76)
- Red Wattlebird (74)
- Eurasian Blackbird (73)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (60)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (57)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (56)
- Striated Thornbill (52)
- Eastern Spinebill (49)
- Masked Lapwing (45)
- Satin Bowerbird (45)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (43)
- Silvereye (43)
- Welcome Swallow (42)
- Spotted Pardalote (40)
- Bassian Thrush (39)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (38)
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 Erica:
- Caringal (2.5 km)
- Rawson (2.8 km)
- Jacob Creek (3.8 km)
- Amor (3.9 km)
- Coopers Creek (4.5 km)
- Moondarra (5.6 km)
- Walhalla (7.8 km)
- Thalloo (13.8 km)
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Streets
- Beasleys Road (6)
- Collins Street (16)
- Henty Street (21)
- Jacobs Creek Road (1)
- Mathiesons Road (7)
- Mclelland Road (4)
- Moe-rawson Road (60)
- Moore Street (32)
- Old Thomson Valley Road (7)
- School Road (44)
- Shanahans Lane (1)
- Station Street (3)
- Thomson Valley Road (10)
- Walhalla Road (1)
