Loch VIC 3945
451 addresses · 46 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Loch · 89 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Loch is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 707 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,526 a week, with median rent near $325 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% 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 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Korumburra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Loch itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 schools
2 cafés & restaurants
1 park
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Loch.
- Loch Bowls Club Lawn Bowls
- Loch Recreation Reserve Cricket, Soccer, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 9.4% 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 | 9.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 62.1%
Population by age in Loch
| 0-4 | 38 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 79 |
| 15-19 | 26 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 76 |
| 35-44 | 67 |
| 45-54 | 92 |
| 55-64 | 137 |
| 65-74 | 121 |
| 75-84 | 40 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Loch
| House | 257 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 7 |
Households by weekly income in Loch
| <$650 | 37 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 85 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 74 |
| $3,000+ | 37 |
Top ancestries in Loch
| English | 329 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 315 |
| Irish | 106 |
| Scottish | 100 |
| Ancestry NS | 37 |
| Other | 30 |
Housing tenure in Loch
| Owned | 121 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 110 |
| Rented | 24 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Loch
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 65 |
| 2 | 113 |
| 3 | 43 |
| 4+ | 36 |
Commute to work in Loch
| Car | 213 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 91 |
Top countries of birth in Loch
| England | 41 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 13 |
| Scotland | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 |
| Poland | 4 |
| Taiwan | 4 |
Languages used at home in Loch
| Mandarin | 4 |
|---|---|
| Sinhalese | 4 |
| Vietnamese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,638 bird observations recorded near Loch — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (112)
- Little Raven (89)
- Australian Magpie (84)
- Grey Fantail (75)
- Common Starling (72)
- Australian Wood Duck (69)
- Magpie-lark (69)
- Crimson Rosella (67)
- Common Myna (66)
- Superb Fairy-wren (63)
- Brown Thornbill (58)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (57)
- House Sparrow (56)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Loch
- Pacific Black Duck (51)
- Laughing Kookaburra (49)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (49)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (49)
- Eastern Spinebill (47)
- Red Wattlebird (47)
- Galah (43)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (41)
- Silvereye (40)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (39)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (36)
- Welcome Swallow (36)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (36)
- Red-browed Finch (35)
- White-browed Scrubwren (35)
- Chestnut Teal (34)
- Grey Butcherbird (34)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Albert Road (7)
- Anderson Hill Road (16)
- Bass Valley Road (7)
- Bells Road (18)
- Berrys Road (5)
- Bigelow Lane (1)
- Bingham Road (1)
- Boundary Road (6)
- Bowcher Lane (2)
- Clarence Street (32)
- Clark Road (7)
- Cochrane Road (2)
- Colliers Road (3)
- Collins Road (3)
- Cooks Outlet Road (2)
- Crawford Road (3)
- Davenport Road (2)
- Dilger Road (2)
- Ferriers Road (31)
- Frys Lane (1)
- Goldies Road (2)
- Greens Road (4)
- Henrys Road (16)
- Humphreys Road (7)
- Kernot-loch Road (2)
- Loch-kernot Road (13)
- Loch-poowong Road (31)
- Loch-wonthaggi Road (32)
- Makeham Road (1)
- Mary Street (10)
- Mckenzies Road (7)
- Nyora-st Helier Road (8)
- Queen Street (20)
- Rawlings Lane (1)
- Roy Street (7)
- Sanctuary Close (5)
- Scout Drive (3)
- Sharpe Road (2)
- Smith Street (21)
- Soldiers Road (4)
- South Gippsland Highway (37)
- South Road (5)
- Speight Street (1)
- Sunnyside Road (3)
- Victoria Road (54)
- Walker Road (4)
