Hillside VIC 3875
259 addresses · 27 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Hillside · 225 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Hillside is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 290 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $385 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% 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.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Bus interchange: Bairnsdale Station, 8.7 km east · Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 6.7 km south-east.
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: 3.3% 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 | 3.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 75.5%
Population by age in Hillside
| 0-4 | 21 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 53 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 34 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 54 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 20 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Hillside
| House | 104 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hillside
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 53 |
| $3,000+ | 19 |
Top ancestries in Hillside
| English | 168 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 97 |
| Irish | 44 |
| Scottish | 40 |
| Italian | 19 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
Housing tenure in Hillside
| Owned | 45 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 46 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hillside
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 45 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 4+ | 24 |
Commute to work in Hillside
| Car | 109 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 35 |
Top countries of birth in Hillside
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Hillside
| Italian | 3 |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,441 bird observations recorded near Hillside — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (83)
- Common Starling (71)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (66)
- Straw-necked Ibis (62)
- Willie Wagtail (61)
- Pacific Black Duck (59)
- Eurasian Blackbird (58)
- Magpie-lark (57)
- Grey Fantail (54)
- Superb Fairy-wren (53)
- Red Wattlebird (52)
- White-faced Heron (50)
- Eastern Rosella (48)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hillside
- Australian White Ibis (47)
- House Sparrow (46)
- Laughing Kookaburra (44)
- Masked Lapwing (44)
- Australian Wood Duck (43)
- Black-shouldered Kite (43)
- Welcome Swallow (43)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (41)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (40)
- Australian Raven (38)
- Galah (37)
- Nankeen Kestrel (36)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (34)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (33)
- Silvereye (33)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (33)
- Little Pied Cormorant (32)
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 Hillside:
- Calulu (5.8 km)
- Ellaswood (6.9 km)
- Bairnsdale (7 km)
- Lindenow (7.1 km)
- Wy Yung (8.5 km)
- Lindenow South (8.7 km)
- Flaggy Creek (9.3 km)
- Eastwood (9.5 km)
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Streets
- Andersons Lane (3)
- Bairnsdale-dargo Road (58)
- Baudinetts Road (6)
- Brolga Street (4)
- Buchanans Road (7)
- Calverts Lane (11)
- Calverts Road (10)
- Hansfords Road (6)
- Heron Road (3)
- Hillside Road (15)
- Hines Road (2)
- Ives Road (7)
- Main Road (1)
- Marriage Lane (5)
- Mittons Road (22)
- Power Station Road (2)
- Princes Highway (18)
- Races Lane (5)
- Redcourt Lane (4)
- Scotts Road (4)
- Settlement Road (3)
- Soldiers Road (26)
- Thatchers Lane (9)
- Verdell Street (5)
- Walkers Lane (4)
- Whipbird Street (6)
- Whistler Drive (13)
