Illawarra VIC 3381
39 addresses · 9 streets
Mallee Electorate › Northern Grampians LGA › Illawarra · 217 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Illawarra is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 80 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,791 a week, with median rent near $300 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 English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Stawell statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Illawarra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
Getting around. Train station: Stawell, 6.7 km east · Airport: Stawell Airport, 3.7 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: 26.4% 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 | 26.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 62.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 74.2%
Population by age in Illawarra
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Illawarra
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Illawarra
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Illawarra
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 32 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Dutch | 5 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in Illawarra
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Illawarra
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Illawarra
| Car | 34 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Illawarra
| Germany | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Illawarra
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,830 bird observations recorded near Illawarra — most often seen:
- Red Wattlebird (114)
- Australian Magpie (99)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (95)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (87)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (82)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (81)
- Eastern Rosella (73)
- Galah (67)
- Striated Pardalote (66)
- Noisy Miner (63)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (62)
- Little Raven (60)
- White-winged Chough (60)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Illawarra
- New Holland Honeyeater (59)
- Willie Wagtail (59)
- Swift Parrot (57)
- Superb Fairy-wren (56)
- Long-billed Corella (50)
- Red-rumped Parrot (50)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (50)
- Western Striated Pardalote (48)
- Welcome Swallow (47)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (46)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (46)
- Crimson Rosella (45)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (45)
- Australian Wood Duck (43)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (40)
- Western Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (40)
- White-naped Honeyeater (40)
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 Illawarra:
- Deep Lead (5.3 km)
- Lake Lonsdale (6.7 km)
- Stawell (6.9 km)
- Mokepilly (7.1 km)
- Bellellen (7.7 km)
- Black Range (9.9 km)
- Germania (10.7 km)
- Lake Fyans (10.8 km)
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Streets
- Bevan Road (1)
- Bill Walker Road (2)
- Blake Road (2)
- Commercial Road (7)
- Earles Road (8)
- Grampians Road (6)
- Hons Road (2)
- Illawarra Road (10)
- Martins Road (1)
