Giffard West VIC 3851
42 addresses · 9 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › Giffard West · 189 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Giffard West is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 72 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $248 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yarram statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Giffard West 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: 24.6% 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 | 24.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 39.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.9% · Labour-force participation 61.3%
Population by age in Giffard West
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Giffard West
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Giffard West
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Giffard West
| Australian | 31 |
|---|---|
| English | 21 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Greek | 6 |
| Irish | 3 |
Housing tenure in Giffard West
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Giffard West
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Giffard West
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Giffard West
| Netherlands | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Giffard West
| Greek | 6 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
303 bird observations recorded near Giffard West — most often seen:
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (20)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (18)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (18)
- White-naped Honeyeater (17)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (16)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (15)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (15)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (14)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (11)
- Emu (11)
- White-winged Chough (11)
- Common Myna (10)
- Common Starling (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Giffard West
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (10)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (10)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (8)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (8)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (8)
- Southern Noisy Miner (8)
- Common Bronzewing (7)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (7)
- Australian Wood Duck (6)
- Eastern White-winged Chough (6)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (6)
- Red Wattlebird (6)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (6)
- Superb Fairy-wren (6)
- South-eastern Striated Thornbill (5)
- Southern Forest Raven (5)
- Southern Magpie-lark (5)
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 Giffard West:
- Darriman (7 km)
- Giffard (10.7 km)
- Stradbroke (12.5 km)
- Woodside North (15.8 km)
- Seaspray (16.7 km)
- Woodside Beach (18.3 km)
- Carrajung South (18.4 km)
- Woodside (19 km)
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Streets
- Bradys Lane (1)
- Carstairs Road (1)
- Epplestuns Road (2)
- Four Mile Creek Road (3)
- Frouds Road (6)
- Giffard Road (5)
- Giffard West Road (6)
- South Gippsland Highway (17)
- Thirteen Mile Road (1)
