Neerim East VIC 3831
126 addresses · 11 streets
Monash Electorate › Baw Baw LGA › Neerim East · 93 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Neerim East is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 196 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,583 a week, with median rent near $166 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Mount Baw Baw Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Neerim East itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 48.8 km south-east.
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: 70.6% 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 | 70.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 85.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 59.6%
Population by age in Neerim East
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 27 |
| 45-54 | 33 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 36 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Neerim East
| House | 62 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Neerim East
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 29 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Neerim East
| Australian | 83 |
|---|---|
| English | 82 |
| Ancestry NS | 33 |
| Irish | 27 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| German | 13 |
Housing tenure in Neerim East
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 27 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Neerim East
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Neerim East
| Car | 52 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Neerim East
| England | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Neerim East
| Polish | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
401 bird observations recorded near Neerim East — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (23)
- Grey Fantail (22)
- Laughing Kookaburra (22)
- Little Raven (22)
- White-browed Scrubwren (21)
- Crimson Rosella (19)
- Superb Fairy-wren (18)
- Brown Thornbill (17)
- Pied Currawong (15)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (14)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (14)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (14)
- Australian Wood Duck (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Neerim East
- Red Wattlebird (13)
- Magpie-lark (12)
- Pacific Black Duck (12)
- Welcome Swallow (12)
- Australian King-parrot (11)
- Eurasian Blackbird (11)
- Eastern Spinebill (10)
- Galah (10)
- Silvereye (10)
- Southern Boobook (10)
- Superb Lyrebird (9)
- Eastern Rosella (8)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (8)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (8)
- Spotted Quail-thrush (8)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (8)
- Australasian Grebe (7)
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 Neerim East:
- Neerim (3.9 km)
- Neerim South (6 km)
- Neerim Junction (6.4 km)
- Neerim North (6.5 km)
- Nayook (8.1 km)
- Noojee (9.1 km)
- Crossover (9.8 km)
- Piedmont (10.3 km)
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Streets
- Feeley Road (1)
- Fraser Spur Road (17)
- Irwin Road (2)
- Mccullough Road (17)
- Mckenzie Road (23)
- Mullett Road (1)
- Neerim East Road (38)
- Rendell Road (11)
- Sheffield Road (1)
- Veysey Road (13)
- Whitelaw Track (2)
