Mount Taylor VIC 3875
244 addresses · 23 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Mount Taylor · 231 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Mount Taylor is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 330 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,764 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 8% 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.
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: Mount Taylor itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Bus interchange: Bairnsdale Station, 9.7 km south · Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 15.1 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: 51.5% 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 | 51.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 58.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 65.1%
Population by age in Mount Taylor
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 45 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 33 |
| 35-44 | 48 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 54 |
| 65-74 | 46 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Mount Taylor
| House | 122 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Taylor
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 33 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 29 |
Top ancestries in Mount Taylor
| Australian | 171 |
|---|---|
| English | 122 |
| Irish | 40 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| Dutch | 14 |
| German | 14 |
Housing tenure in Mount Taylor
| Owned | 56 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 57 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mount Taylor
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 51 |
| 3 | 30 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Mount Taylor
| Car | 126 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Taylor
| Scotland | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mount Taylor
| Mandarin | 4 |
|---|---|
| German | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,897 bird observations recorded near Mount Taylor — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (105)
- Laughing Kookaburra (90)
- Grey Fantail (86)
- Red Wattlebird (81)
- White-throated Treecreeper (79)
- Superb Fairy-wren (76)
- Common Bronzewing (71)
- Australian Wood Duck (68)
- Common Starling (68)
- Brown Thornbill (67)
- Crimson Rosella (67)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (67)
- Welcome Swallow (66)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Taylor
- Eurasian Blackbird (62)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (62)
- Eastern Spinebill (61)
- Straw-necked Ibis (59)
- Willie Wagtail (58)
- Eastern Rosella (56)
- Magpie-lark (55)
- Striated Thornbill (53)
- White-faced Heron (53)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (52)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (49)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (49)
- Common Myna (48)
- Pied Currawong (48)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (47)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (47)
- Spotted Pardalote (47)
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 Mount Taylor:
- Ellaswood (4.1 km)
- Wy Yung (6 km)
- Merrijig (6.7 km)
- Melwood (7.1 km)
- Granite Rock (7.4 km)
- Clifton Creek (7.8 km)
- Calulu (7.9 km)
- Eastwood (8.4 km)
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Streets
- Aurora Close (4)
- Bedggoods Track (1)
- Beynons Road (5)
- Boyds Road (6)
- Bullumwaal Road (68)
- Chapman Court (15)
- Clifton West Road (24)
- Damons Road (21)
- De Carlos Road (5)
- Dumont Drive (5)
- Faulkner Spur Track (1)
- Five Mile Road (1)
- Holes Road (6)
- Howitt Spur Road (2)
- Langleys Road (2)
- Laytons Road (5)
- Mia Mia Road (1)
- Miles Road (4)
- Mount Lookout Road (44)
- Orrs Road (3)
- Searles Track (3)
- Tices Road (2)
- Tower Road (16)
