Newry VIC 3859
281 addresses · 37 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › Newry · 170 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Newry is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 451 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,803 a week, with median rent near $243 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Maffra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Newry itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
1 post office
1 golf club
1 playground
1 plumber
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: West Sale Airport, 21.8 km south.
Sport & Recreation
4 facilities recorded in Newry.
- Maffra Sale Motocycle Club Motor Cycling
- Newry Circuit Cycling
- Newry Recreation Oval/Golf Course Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Golf, Motor Sports
- Stratford to Dargo Cycling
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: 17.7% 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 | 17.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 24.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 64.1%
Population by age in Newry
| 0-4 | 28 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 66 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 25 |
| 25-34 | 63 |
| 35-44 | 51 |
| 45-54 | 55 |
| 55-64 | 60 |
| 65-74 | 44 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Newry
| House | 152 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Newry
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 60 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Newry
| English | 186 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 185 |
| Scottish | 64 |
| Irish | 60 |
| Ancestry NS | 50 |
| Other | 21 |
Housing tenure in Newry
| Owned | 56 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 63 |
| Rented | 30 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Newry
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 60 |
| 3 | 33 |
| 4+ | 29 |
Commute to work in Newry
| Car | 142 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 17 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 35 |
Top countries of birth in Newry
| Thailand | 12 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| England | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Newry
| Thai | 12 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,047 bird observations recorded near Newry — most often seen:
- White-faced Heron (98)
- Straw-necked Ibis (93)
- Australian White Ibis (90)
- Common Starling (89)
- Australian Magpie (87)
- Masked Lapwing (87)
- Magpie-lark (83)
- Pacific Black Duck (78)
- Willie Wagtail (78)
- House Sparrow (70)
- Superb Fairy-wren (70)
- Welcome Swallow (70)
- Eastern Rosella (67)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Newry
- European Goldfinch (66)
- Australian Shelduck (65)
- Grey Fantail (65)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (65)
- Eurasian Coot (64)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (62)
- Laughing Kookaburra (61)
- Little Pied Cormorant (59)
- White-necked Heron (59)
- Black Swan (58)
- Dusky Moorhen (58)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (57)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (51)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (50)
- Australian Pelican (49)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (49)
- Eurasian Blackbird (49)
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 Newry:
- Tinamba West (5.1 km)
- Maffra West Upper (6.7 km)
- Tinamba (6.8 km)
- Boisdale (7.9 km)
- Maffra (9.8 km)
- Coongulla (9.8 km)
- Riverslea (11.2 km)
- Bushy Park (11.9 km)
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Streets
- Black Fellah Camp Road (1)
- Boisdale-newry Road (9)
- Centre Street (4)
- Commonyard Road (11)
- Dawson Street (9)
- Factory Lane (8)
- Frosts Road (2)
- Hamiltons Road (2)
- Harpers Road (3)
- Hastings Street (7)
- Heyfield-upper Maffra Road (6)
- Horstmans Road (2)
- Johnsons Road (4)
- Jones Street (1)
- Kentucky Road (14)
- Locks Road (1)
- Lower Newry Road (27)
- Maffra-newry Road (8)
- Main Street (35)
- Masons Lane (1)
- Mccole Street (11)
- Rafferty Street (1)
- Rautmans Road (11)
- Rawlings Road (4)
- Sellings Road (8)
- Slaughterhouse Road (4)
- Springs Road (6)
- Summerlea Road (11)
- Tatterson Lane (1)
- Three Chain Road (16)
- Tinamba-newry Road (9)
- Upper Maffra Road (23)
- Walkers Road (3)
- Warrigal-toms Creek Road (6)
- Websters Road (4)
- Weirs Road (3)
- Wrights Lane (5)
