Goongerah VIC 3888
45 addresses · 6 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Goongerah · 333 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Goongerah is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 31 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $537 a week, with median rent near $104 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Orbost statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Goongerah 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: 70.2% 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 | 70.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 99.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Goongerah
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Goongerah
| House | 21 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Goongerah
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Goongerah
| English | 14 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Goongerah
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Goongerah
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Goongerah
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Goongerah
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,372 bird observations recorded near Goongerah — most often seen:
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (65)
- White-throated Treecreeper (62)
- Laughing Kookaburra (59)
- Red Wattlebird (58)
- Superb Fairy-wren (58)
- White-naped Honeyeater (57)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (55)
- Grey Fantail (53)
- Satin Bowerbird (50)
- Pied Currawong (49)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (48)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (48)
- Brown Thornbill (46)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Goongerah
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (46)
- Bell Miner (44)
- Crimson Rosella (43)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (43)
- Australian Magpie (40)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (40)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (40)
- Silvereye (40)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (39)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (39)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (38)
- Superb Lyrebird (38)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (37)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (35)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (34)
- Spotted Pardalote (34)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (34)
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 Goongerah:
- Errinundra (14 km)
- Nurran (17.1 km)
- Bonang (21.9 km)
- Bendoc (28.5 km)
- Combienbar (28.6 km)
- Club Terrace (30.5 km)
- Delegate River (31 km)
- Tubbut (31.9 km)
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Streets
- Aberdeen Road (4)
- Ada Divide Track (1)
- Bonang Road (37)
- Ellery Creek Road (1)
- Ellery Creek Track (1)
- Sardine Creek Road (1)
