Melwood VIC 3875
14 addresses · 4 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Melwood · 224 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Melwood is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 17 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $245 a week. Most homes are houses. About 64% of households own their home and 36% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Bruthen - Omeo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Melwood itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 16.9 km south.
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: 35.3% 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 | 35.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 47.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Melwood
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Melwood
| House | 11 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Melwood
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Melwood
| Australian | 15 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| German | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Melwood
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Melwood
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Melwood
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
930 bird observations recorded near Melwood — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (55)
- Australian Magpie (38)
- Eastern Rosella (38)
- Superb Fairy-wren (38)
- Welcome Swallow (38)
- Australian Wood Duck (36)
- Grey Fantail (36)
- Common Bronzewing (35)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (35)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (35)
- White-naped Honeyeater (35)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (33)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (32)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Melwood
- Australian King-parrot (31)
- Crimson Rosella (30)
- Galah (30)
- White-throated Treecreeper (29)
- Willie Wagtail (29)
- Magpie-lark (28)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (27)
- Eastern Whipbird (26)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (26)
- Pied Currawong (25)
- Satin Bowerbird (25)
- White-faced Heron (25)
- Eastern Spinebill (24)
- Red Wattlebird (24)
- Spotted Pardalote (24)
- Straw-necked Ibis (22)
- Jacky Winter (21)
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 Melwood:
- Flaggy Creek (3 km)
- Merrijig (3.5 km)
- Calulu (4.8 km)
- Wuk Wuk (6.9 km)
- Mount Taylor (7.1 km)
- Ellaswood (8.1 km)
- Lindenow (8.2 km)
- Walpa (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Boggy Creek Road (8)
- Mount Lookout Road (4)
- Pea Hill Road (1)
- Searles Track (1)