Mepunga West VIC 3277
46 addresses · 9 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Mepunga West · 213 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Mepunga West is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 83 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $2,374 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Moyne - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mepunga West itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 3.1% 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 | 3.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Mepunga West
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mepunga West
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mepunga West
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Mepunga West
| Australian | 55 |
|---|---|
| English | 17 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Aboriginal | 6 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Mepunga West
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mepunga West
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Mepunga West
| Car | 33 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
350 bird observations recorded near Mepunga West — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (25)
- Australian Magpie (23)
- White-necked Heron (21)
- White-faced Heron (19)
- Black Swan (17)
- Masked Lapwing (17)
- Common Starling (16)
- Grey Teal (16)
- Chestnut Teal (13)
- Freckled Duck (13)
- Australasian Grebe (12)
- Australian White Ibis (12)
- Red Wattlebird (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mepunga West
- Hoary-headed Grebe (11)
- Welcome Swallow (11)
- Little Raven (10)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (10)
- Superb Fairy-wren (10)
- Eurasian Coot (9)
- Hardhead (9)
- Long-billed Corella (8)
- Pink-eared Duck (8)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (7)
- Australian Shelduck (7)
- Black-shouldered Kite (6)
- House Sparrow (6)
- Magpie-lark (6)
- New Holland Honeyeater (6)
- Dusky Moorhen (5)
- European Goldfinch (5)
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 Mepunga West:
- Mepunga (4 km)
- Mepunga East (5.2 km)
- Naringal (6.3 km)
- Allansford (6.5 km)
- The Cove (7.5 km)
- Cudgee (9.3 km)
- Nullawarre (10.9 km)
- Nullawarre North (11.9 km)
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Streets
- Allans Flat Road (4)
- Allans Forest Road (1)
- Boyles Road (10)
- Childers Cove Road (1)
- Great Ocean Road (14)
- Killeens Road (7)
- Reas Road (1)
- Whites Road (1)
- Wiltons Road (7)