Lurg VIC 3673
111 addresses · 19 streets
Indi Electorate › Benalla LGA › Lurg · 172 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Lurg is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 220 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,593 a week, with median rent near $157 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 Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Benalla Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lurg itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Benalla Airport, 11.3 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: 8.8% 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 | 8.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 66.5%
Population by age in Lurg
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Lurg
| House | 78 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lurg
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 33 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Lurg
| Australian | 109 |
|---|---|
| English | 83 |
| Scottish | 42 |
| Irish | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Italian | 15 |
Housing tenure in Lurg
| Owned | 36 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 32 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lurg
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Lurg
| Car | 67 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Lurg
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,786 bird observations recorded near Lurg — most often seen:
- Eastern Australian Magpie (597)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (555)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (510)
- Australian Magpie (489)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (483)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (480)
- Little Raven (453)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (434)
- Eastern Rosella (422)
- Willie Wagtail (389)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (383)
- Southern Noisy Miner (380)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (374)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lurg
- Superb Fairy-wren (358)
- Noisy Miner (347)
- Eastern Galah (346)
- Rufous Songlark (340)
- Galah (337)
- Striated Pardalote (322)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (278)
- Southern Magpie-lark (275)
- Magpie-lark (270)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (251)
- Eastern Australian Raven (249)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (249)
- Australian Wood Duck (247)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (245)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (242)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (241)
- Australian Raven (240)
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 Lurg:
- Upper Lurg (5.7 km)
- Glenrowan West (7.4 km)
- Winton (7.7 km)
- Molyullah (8.5 km)
- Greta West (10.6 km)
- Upper Ryans Creek (12.9 km)
- Greta South (13 km)
- Benalla (13.4 km)
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Streets
- Alexander Road (2)
- Asbury Road (7)
- Bostock Road (11)
- Brock Road (7)
- Coleman Lane (1)
- Darktown Road (6)
- Gardiner Road (7)
- Granite Road (4)
- Grant Road (2)
- Green Road (7)
- Greta Road (1)
- Kennedy Lane (9)
- Kilfeera Road (1)
- Moore Lane (5)
- Old Lurg Road (10)
- Upper Lurg Road (9)
- Wattle Creek Road (11)
- Webster Road (3)
- Winton-lurg Road (8)
