Grassmere VIC 3281
190 addresses · 21 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Grassmere · 219 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Grassmere is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 385 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,937 a week, with median rent near $295 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Moyne - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Grassmere itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
Getting around. Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 8 km west.
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: 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 | 2.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.9% · Labour-force participation 70.7%
Population by age in Grassmere
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 68 |
| 15-19 | 29 |
| 20-24 | 27 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 38 |
| 45-54 | 68 |
| 55-64 | 52 |
| 65-74 | 46 |
| 75-84 | 20 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Grassmere
| House | 136 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Grassmere
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 35 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 46 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Grassmere
| Australian | 179 |
|---|---|
| English | 155 |
| Irish | 70 |
| Scottish | 53 |
| German | 17 |
| Welsh | 13 |
Housing tenure in Grassmere
| Owned | 51 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 53 |
| Rented | 20 |
| Other | 12 |
Cars per household in Grassmere
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 26 |
| 2 | 43 |
| 3 | 35 |
| 4+ | 26 |
Commute to work in Grassmere
| Car | 130 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 45 |
Top countries of birth in Grassmere
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
248 bird observations recorded near Grassmere — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (16)
- Common Starling (13)
- Willie Wagtail (12)
- Eurasian Skylark (11)
- European Goldfinch (11)
- Magpie-lark (11)
- New Holland Honeyeater (11)
- Eurasian Blackbird (10)
- Superb Fairy-wren (10)
- White-faced Heron (10)
- Australian Pipit (9)
- House Sparrow (9)
- Little Raven (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Grassmere
- Long-billed Corella (9)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (8)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (8)
- Crimson Rosella (7)
- Masked Lapwing (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
- Australian Shelduck (6)
- Australian White Ibis (6)
- Brown Falcon (6)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (6)
- White-necked Heron (6)
- Eastern Rosella (5)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (5)
- European Greenfinch (5)
- Golden Whistler (5)
- Grey Fantail (5)
- Laughing Kookaburra (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 Grassmere:
- Purnim West (3.9 km)
- Mailors Flat (5.7 km)
- Bushfield (6.6 km)
- Woodford (6.6 km)
- Winslow (6.9 km)
- Purnim (7.9 km)
- Wangoom (8.6 km)
- Yarpturk (8.8 km)
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Streets
- Beveridges Road (3)
- Blighs Road (1)
- Cathcarts Ford Road (2)
- Cooramook Road (14)
- Cooramook School Road (12)
- Crothers Lane (15)
- Grassmere Road (38)
- Grassmere-hexham Road (14)
- Hopkins Highway (12)
- Ibbs Lane (15)
- Injemira Road (21)
- Johnstones Lane (12)
- Maes-y-porth Road (5)
- Plummers Hill Road (6)
- Rosehill Road (4)
- Roseneath Road (2)
- Shady Lane (3)
- Squares Road (2)
- Staywood Road (4)
- Terang-woolsthorpe Road (1)
- Triggs Road (4)
