Meeniyan VIC 3956

Living Here

Meeniyan is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 840 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,326 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Foster statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Meeniyan itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Meeniyan Primary School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • The Meeniyan Store
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA Local Grocer and Liquor
• 1 park

  • Tanderra Park
• 1 hospital

  • Leongatha Memorial Hospital
• 1 post office

  • Post Office - Meeniyan
• 1 service station

  • Meeniyan Service Station
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Stony Creek Go Karts
  • Stony Creek Race Club
• 1 place to stay

  • Meeniyan Motel

Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 56.9 km north-east.

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Sport & Recreation

3 facilities recorded in Meeniyan.

• Meeniyan Golf Club Golf
• Meeniyan Recreation reserve Archery, Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Meeniyan Stadium Basketball

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: 5.4% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 1.5% · Labour-force participation 60.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,591 bird observations recorded near Meeniyan — most often seen:

• Superb Fairy-wren (208)
• Australian Magpie (196)
• Eurasian Blackbird (196)
• Grey Fantail (196)
• Pacific Black Duck (162)
• Common Starling (160)
• Chestnut Teal (157)
• Crimson Rosella (139)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (131)
• Australian Wood Duck (123)
• Eurasian Coot (123)
• Red Wattlebird (118)
• Welcome Swallow (118)

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 Meeniyan:

• Tarwin (4.3 km)
• Stony Creek (5.8 km)
• Koonwarra (6.6 km)
• Nerrena (7.9 km)
• Buffalo (8.9 km)
• Dumbalk (9.3 km)
• Leongatha South (11.6 km)
• Middle Tarwin (12.3 km)

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