Lance Creek VIC 3995
62 addresses · 10 streets
Monash Electorate › Bass Coast LGA › Lance Creek · 102 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Lance Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 143 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $2,285 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wonthaggi - Inverloch statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lance Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 hospitals
1 golf club
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: 4.8% 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 | 4.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 67.2%
Population by age in Lance Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 37 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lance Creek
| House | 48 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lance Creek
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Lance Creek
| Australian | 60 |
|---|---|
| English | 46 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Italian | 11 |
| Dutch | 8 |
Housing tenure in Lance Creek
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Lance Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Lance Creek
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Lance Creek
| England | 7 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Lance Creek
| Cantonese | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,997 bird observations recorded near Lance Creek — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (415)
- Grey Fantail (387)
- Eurasian Blackbird (378)
- Noisy Miner (356)
- Eastern Rosella (353)
- Common Starling (342)
- Little Wattlebird (342)
- Red Wattlebird (335)
- Eastern Spinebill (326)
- Magpie-lark (321)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (309)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (306)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (293)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lance Creek
- Brown Thornbill (292)
- Galah (291)
- Common Myna (273)
- Laughing Kookaburra (271)
- Little Raven (262)
- Australian Wood Duck (250)
- Grey Butcherbird (249)
- Welcome Swallow (227)
- Pacific Black Duck (219)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (212)
- Australian Magpie (188)
- Chestnut Teal (161)
- Australian White Ibis (139)
- Australian King-parrot (136)
- Willie Wagtail (123)
- Crimson Rosella (122)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (119)
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 Lance Creek:
- Wattle Bank (4.2 km)
- St Clair (4.6 km)
- Kongwak (5 km)
- Glen Alvie (5.1 km)
- West Creek (5.4 km)
- North Wonthaggi (8.3 km)
- Ryanston (8.4 km)
- Moyarra (8.5 km)
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Streets
- Atkinson Road (1)
- Bird Road (3)
- Glen Alvie Road (1)
- Kongwak Road (1)
- Kookaburra Lane (1)
- Korumburra-wonthaggi Road (36)
- Lolands Road (7)
- Mccraws Road (3)
- Mcdonald Road (7)
- Perrett Road (2)
