Longford VIC 3851
815 addresses · 70 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › Longford · 192 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Longford is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,489 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,024 a week, with median rent near $274 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Longford - Loch Sport statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Longford itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
2 golf clubs
1 electrician
1 place to stay
Getting around. Bus interchange: Littles Gippsland Coaches, 9.6 km north · Airport: West Sale Airport, 15.6 km north-west.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Longford.
- Longford Club Grounds Equestrian
- Sale Golf Club Golf, Lawn Bowls
- Sale Pistol Club Shooting Sports
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: 23.1% 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 | 23.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 44.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 67.4%
Population by age in Longford
| 0-4 | 103 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 223 |
| 15-19 | 125 |
| 20-24 | 45 |
| 25-34 | 122 |
| 35-44 | 204 |
| 45-54 | 230 |
| 55-64 | 203 |
| 65-74 | 180 |
| 75-84 | 47 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Longford
| House | 495 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Longford
| <$650 | 49 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 120 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 147 |
| $3,000+ | 126 |
Top ancestries in Longford
| Australian | 695 |
|---|---|
| English | 644 |
| Irish | 175 |
| Scottish | 173 |
| Other | 61 |
| Ancestry NS | 59 |
Housing tenure in Longford
| Owned | 196 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 260 |
| Rented | 23 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Longford
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 71 |
| 2 | 220 |
| 3 | 109 |
| 4+ | 85 |
Commute to work in Longford
| Car | 527 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 82 |
Top countries of birth in Longford
| England | 57 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 12 |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| Thailand | 8 |
| Canada | 7 |
| United States | 5 |
Languages used at home in Longford
| Arabic | 6 |
|---|---|
| Thai | 6 |
| Mandarin | 4 |
| Italian | 4 |
| German | 3 |
| Portuguese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,272 bird observations recorded near Longford — most often seen:
- Black Swan (246)
- Whistling Kite (220)
- Common Starling (195)
- Australian Pelican (189)
- Magpie-lark (177)
- Pacific Black Duck (172)
- White-faced Heron (169)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (165)
- Welcome Swallow (164)
- Superb Fairy-wren (161)
- Grey Teal (160)
- Masked Lapwing (154)
- Australian Magpie (149)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Longford
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (144)
- Chestnut Teal (143)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (137)
- Australian White Ibis (134)
- Grey Fantail (134)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (126)
- Little Black Cormorant (121)
- Noisy Miner (117)
- Little Pied Cormorant (116)
- Eastern Rosella (109)
- Great Egret (106)
- Eurasian Coot (97)
- Galah (97)
- Little Raven (94)
- Crimson Rosella (93)
- Brown Thornbill (92)
- Grey Butcherbird (91)
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 Longford:
- Dutson (8.7 km)
- Pearsondale (9.2 km)
- The Heart (9.3 km)
- East Sale (9.5 km)
- Sale (9.7 km)
- Wurruk (10.7 km)
- Stradbroke (11.3 km)
- Cobains (12.3 km)
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Streets
- Abels Road (16)
- Andrews Road (20)
- Arden Street (16)
- Audley Street (7)
- Bergens Road (1)
- Boggy Creek Road (43)
- Boundary Creek Road (26)
- Boyle Road (4)
- Brennans Road (8)
- Brewer Court (8)
- Burgans Road (3)
- Carrs Creek Road (21)
- Centella Lane (1)
- Charvel Road (1)
- Clancys Road (6)
- Clark Court (14)
- Clear View Court (3)
- Clifford Street (10)
- Cobb Road (2)
- Cumming Drive (33)
- Dowds Lane (5)
- Earls Court (7)
- Eustace Road (2)
- Fields Road (4)
- Freemans Road (4)
- Garretts Road (14)
- Gerrand Drive (26)
- Giffard Road (1)
- Glencoe Road (8)
- Gooch Road (1)
- Hampton Court (13)
- Harpley Court (18)
- Hawkins Road (15)
- Hebbards Road (2)
- High Street (25)
- Highfield Drive (15)
- Hobsons Road (4)
- Ibis Way (15)
- Johnsons Road (4)
- Kellys Road (3)
- Kennedy Road (3)
- Killeen Road (7)
- Laws Way (1)
- Longford-letts Beach Road (13)
- Longford-loch Sport Road (36)
- Lord Court (8)
- Lorikeet Lane (1)
- Madeline Street (4)
- Mccoll Drive (26)
- Merricks Road (10)
- Millett Road (3)
- Mudlark Lane (1)
- Murtnaugh Road (4)
- Newnham Road (29)
- Old Coach Lane (7)
- Peppertree Hill Road (19)
- Prices Road (2)
- Punt Lane (8)
- Rosedale-longford Road (33)
- Seaspray Road (76)
- Shotgun Track (1)
- Skyglo Road (1)
- South Gippsland Highway (43)
- Spencer Street (4)
- Talbot Lane (4)
- Vale Road (11)
- Wellington Rise (9)
- William Court (14)
- Windy Ridge Road (3)
- Zacher Road (5)
