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Mount Best VIC 3960

60 addresses · 9 streets

Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Mount Best · 146 km from Melbourne

Living Here

Mount Best is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 46 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

46Population
58Median age
$1,062Median household income / wk
$250Median rent / wk
1.7Avg household

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: Mount Best itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 45 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 64.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Best

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Mount Best VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202064.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202175.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 11.8% · Labour-force participation 43.6%

Population by age in Mount Best
Population by age, Mount Best VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-147
15-190
20-240
25-343
35-445
45-546
55-646
65-7418
75-845
85+0
Dwelling types in Mount Best
Dwelling types, Mount Best VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House20
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Best
Households by weekly income, Mount Best VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4993
$1,500-2,9999
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Mount Best
Top ancestries, Mount Best VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Australian17
English14
Irish5
Scottish5
Other4
Ancestry NS4
Housing tenure in Mount Best
Housing tenure, Mount Best VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned9
Mortgage4
Rented4
Other0
Cars per household in Mount Best
Cars per household, Mount Best VIC (ABS Census 2021)
00
18
211
33
4+0
Commute to work in Mount Best
Commute to work, Mount Best VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car11
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home5
Top countries of birth in Mount Best
Top countries of birth, Mount Best VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,475 bird observations recorded near Mount Best — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Best

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.