Lake Bunga VIC 3909
351 addresses · 14 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Lake Bunga · 270 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Lake Bunga is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 408 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,101 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lakes Entrance statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lake Bunga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
1 library
1 service station
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 41.1 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: 25.5% 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 | 25.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 45.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 46.5%
Population by age in Lake Bunga
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 42 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 33 |
| 35-44 | 43 |
| 45-54 | 41 |
| 55-64 | 54 |
| 65-74 | 90 |
| 75-84 | 40 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Lake Bunga
| House | 145 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 11 |
| Apartment | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Lake Bunga
| <$650 | 30 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 60 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 37 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Lake Bunga
| English | 188 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 163 |
| Scottish | 41 |
| Irish | 37 |
| Ancestry NS | 27 |
| Other | 20 |
Housing tenure in Lake Bunga
| Owned | 85 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 55 |
| Rented | 23 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lake Bunga
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 56 |
| 2 | 67 |
| 3 | 23 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Lake Bunga
| Car | 109 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Lake Bunga
| England | 22 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 6 |
| United States | 6 |
| Iraq | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Scotland | 5 |
Languages used at home in Lake Bunga
| French | 5 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
25,663 bird observations recorded near Lake Bunga — most often seen:
- Black Swan (1,472)
- Australian Pelican (1,421)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,372)
- Silver Gull (1,270)
- Chestnut Teal (1,139)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (1,028)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,008)
- White-faced Heron (985)
- Crested Tern (979)
- Pacific Gull (978)
- Little Wattlebird (936)
- Red Wattlebird (912)
- Great Cormorant (901)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lake Bunga
- Australian Magpie (877)
- Eurasian Blackbird (812)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (780)
- Superb Fairy-wren (770)
- Welcome Swallow (733)
- Crimson Rosella (728)
- Grey Fantail (674)
- Masked Lapwing (668)
- Australian White Ibis (641)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (626)
- Laughing Kookaburra (604)
- Eastern Whipbird (603)
- Common Starling (590)
- Silvereye (584)
- Eurasian Coot (528)
- Great Egret (523)
- Brown Thornbill (521)
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 Lake Bunga:
- Lakes Entrance (3.2 km)
- Lake Tyers Beach (3.7 km)
- Toorloo Arm (5.3 km)
- Kalimna (6 km)
- Kalimna West (8.6 km)
- Lake Tyers (8.9 km)
- Nyerimilang (10.1 km)
- Nungurner (12.6 km)
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Streets
- Bilton Street (1)
- Campbell Grove (30)
- Chandlers Road (17)
- Daly Street (9)
- Gold Ring Road (61)
- Golf Links Road (2)
- Lake Bunga Beach Road (103)
- Lake Bunga Court (1)
- Lindamay Court (26)
- Old Bunga Road (13)
- Tea Tree Lane (7)
- Uringa Close (8)
- Vincent Crescent (55)
- Wonga Court (18)
