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Forge Creek VIC 3875

223 addresses · 21 streets

Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Forge Creek · 234 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Forge Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 346 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,863 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

346Population
45Median age
$1,863Median household income / wk
$220Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Paynesville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Forge Creek itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 7.8 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 11.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Forge Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Forge Creek VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202011.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202113.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 62.5%

Population by age in Forge Creek
Population by age, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-412
5-1435
15-1942
20-2414
25-3429
35-4433
45-5451
55-6455
65-7443
75-8422
85+3
Dwelling types in Forge Creek
Dwelling types, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House100
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Forge Creek
Households by weekly income, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6508
$650-1,49927
$1,500-2,99936
$3,000+23
Top ancestries in Forge Creek
Top ancestries, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English152
Australian145
Irish41
Scottish37
Ancestry NS34
German21
Housing tenure in Forge Creek
Housing tenure, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned47
Mortgage43
Rented8
Other7
Cars per household in Forge Creek
Cars per household, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
112
245
329
4+18
Commute to work in Forge Creek
Commute to work, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car122
Train0
Bus6
Tram/ferry0
Walked11
Bicycle0
Home18
Top countries of birth in Forge Creek
Top countries of birth, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England7
New Zealand5
India3
Ireland3
Italy3
Poland3
Languages used at home in Forge Creek
Languages used at home, Forge Creek VIC (ABS Census 2021)
German6
Australian Indigenous3
Greek3
Polish3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,699 bird observations recorded near Forge Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Forge Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.