Gaffneys Creek VIC 3723
55 addresses · 5 streets
Indi Electorate › Mansfield LGA › Gaffneys Creek · 114 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Gaffneys Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 3 people, with a median age of 66. The typical household earns around $466 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Mansfield (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gaffneys Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 95% 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 | 95.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 99.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Gaffneys Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gaffneys Creek
| House | 6 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gaffneys Creek
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Gaffneys Creek
| English | 3 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Gaffneys Creek
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gaffneys Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
211 bird observations recorded near Gaffneys Creek — most often seen:
- Southern Boobook (22)
- White-browed Scrubwren (14)
- Grey Fantail (12)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (12)
- Superb Lyrebird (12)
- White-throated Treecreeper (12)
- White-naped Honeyeater (10)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (9)
- Pied Currawong (8)
- Spotted Pardalote (8)
- Bassian Thrush (7)
- Striated Pardalote (7)
- Striated Thornbill (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gaffneys Creek
- Brown Thornbill (6)
- Crimson Rosella (6)
- Laughing Kookaburra (6)
- Satin Bowerbird (6)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (5)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (5)
- Red Wattlebird (5)
- Silvereye (5)
- Pilotbird (4)
- Superb Fairy-wren (4)
- Eastern Spinebill (3)
- Eastern Whipbird (3)
- Rufous Whistler (3)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (3)
- White-throated Needletail (3)
- Australian King-parrot (2)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (2)
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 Gaffneys Creek:
- Knockwood (6.8 km)
- Enochs Point (10.5 km)
- Woods Point (11.2 km)
- Kevington (13 km)
- Matlock (13.6 km)
- Cambarville (18.5 km)
- Jamieson (21.6 km)
- Howqua (28.2 km)
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Streets
- Cannons Creek Road (1)
- Gaffneys Creek Track (5)
- Macarthur Street (3)
- Mansfield-woods Point Road (44)
- Rose Street (2)
