Kirkstall VIC 3283
226 addresses · 32 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Kirkstall · 238 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Kirkstall is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 406 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,690 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Moyne - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kirkstall itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 hardware store
Getting around. Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 12 km 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: 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 | 2.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 64.9%
Population by age in Kirkstall
| 0-4 | 43 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 56 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 55 |
| 35-44 | 48 |
| 45-54 | 59 |
| 55-64 | 58 |
| 65-74 | 53 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kirkstall
| House | 142 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kirkstall
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 36 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 58 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Kirkstall
| Australian | 195 |
|---|---|
| English | 163 |
| Irish | 80 |
| Scottish | 60 |
| Ancestry NS | 29 |
| German | 22 |
Housing tenure in Kirkstall
| Owned | 49 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 66 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Kirkstall
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 62 |
| 3 | 28 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Kirkstall
| Car | 128 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 29 |
Top countries of birth in Kirkstall
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 5 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
318 bird observations recorded near Kirkstall — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (27)
- Little Raven (24)
- Common Starling (16)
- Emu (13)
- House Sparrow (13)
- Superb Fairy-wren (13)
- European Goldfinch (12)
- Nankeen Kestrel (12)
- Willie Wagtail (12)
- White-faced Heron (11)
- Grey Fantail (10)
- Long-billed Corella (10)
- Magpie-lark (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kirkstall
- Pacific Black Duck (10)
- Black Swan (9)
- Eurasian Skylark (9)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (9)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (9)
- White-naped Honeyeater (9)
- Black-shouldered Kite (8)
- Eurasian Blackbird (8)
- New Holland Honeyeater (8)
- Red-capped Plover (8)
- Australian Shelduck (7)
- Chestnut Teal (7)
- Galah (7)
- Laughing Kookaburra (7)
- Silvereye (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
- Red Wattlebird (6)
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 Kirkstall:
- Crossley (4.8 km)
- Koroit (5.4 km)
- Toolong (7.7 km)
- Tower Hill (7.9 km)
- Killarney (8.2 km)
- Southern Cross (8.7 km)
- Warrong (8.7 km)
- Rosebrook (9 km)
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Streets
- Aire Street (22)
- Atkinson Street (17)
- Bences Road (3)
- Bruces Road (5)
- Buntings Road (5)
- Cardigan Street (1)
- Chamberlain Street (11)
- Cruites Road (4)
- Gunns Road (1)
- Hamiltons Lane (6)
- Hickeys Road (3)
- Jackson Street (2)
- Joyces Road (1)
- Kellys Road (9)
- Kirkstall-koroit Road (8)
- Martins Road (1)
- Mcdonalds Lane (2)
- Murray Street (4)
- Penshurst-port Fairy Road (15)
- Penshurst-warrnambool Road (16)
- Riddells Road (9)
- Ritchie Street (16)
- Ryles Lane (2)
- Scotts North Road (6)
- Scotts Road (2)
- Sommervilles Road (1)
- Spencer Road (14)
- Spinks Road (15)
- Stewart Street (7)
- Terka Road (6)
- Toolong North Road (3)
- Woodward Street (9)
