Nilma VIC 3821
386 addresses · 23 streets
Monash Electorate › Baw Baw LGA › Nilma · 97 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Nilma is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 410 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Warragul statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nilma itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 Catholic church
2 physiotherapists
1 optometrist
1 childcare centre
1 library
2 post offices
1 golf club
1 bakery
2 plumbers
Getting around. Train station: Warragul, 3.5 km west · Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 43.8 km 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: 8.5% 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 | 8.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 59.7%
Population by age in Nilma
| 0-4 | 23 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 70 |
| 15-19 | 36 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 48 |
| 35-44 | 37 |
| 45-54 | 55 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Nilma
| House | 122 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Nilma
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 37 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 35 |
| $3,000+ | 29 |
Top ancestries in Nilma
| English | 184 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 146 |
| Scottish | 56 |
| Irish | 54 |
| Ancestry NS | 45 |
| German | 19 |
Housing tenure in Nilma
| Owned | 53 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 53 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Nilma
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 26 |
| 2 | 48 |
| 3 | 29 |
| 4+ | 21 |
Commute to work in Nilma
| Car | 116 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 27 |
Top countries of birth in Nilma
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Greece | 3 |
Languages used at home in Nilma
| Macedonian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,548 bird observations recorded near Nilma — most often seen:
- Eurasian Blackbird (274)
- Common Starling (269)
- Australian Magpie (262)
- Australian Wood Duck (241)
- Common Myna (234)
- Pacific Black Duck (231)
- Australian White Ibis (222)
- Magpie-lark (211)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (203)
- Little Raven (167)
- House Sparrow (152)
- Little Corella (145)
- Red Wattlebird (142)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Nilma
- Chestnut Teal (135)
- Superb Fairy-wren (134)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (127)
- Grey Fantail (125)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (117)
- Eurasian Coot (117)
- Galah (112)
- Masked Lapwing (110)
- Little Wattlebird (106)
- Eastern Rosella (101)
- Welcome Swallow (97)
- Laughing Kookaburra (93)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (91)
- Pied Currawong (87)
- New Holland Honeyeater (84)
- Brown Thornbill (83)
- European Goldfinch (76)
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 Nilma:
- Warragul (3.6 km)
- Darnum (3.8 km)
- Bona Vista (4.2 km)
- Nilma North (4.8 km)
- Lillico (5.1 km)
- Gainsborough (6.6 km)
- Warragul South (7.1 km)
- Warragul West (7.5 km)
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Streets
- Bloomfield Road (152)
- Burgeon Way (8)
- Camerons Road (9)
- Chapel Street (19)
- Chitalwood Court (27)
- Dalton Street (3)
- Drummond Street (5)
- Elliot Street (5)
- Evison Road (3)
- Fraser Street (16)
- Hillview Close (10)
- Homestead Boulevard (17)
- Mccoll Street (58)
- Nilma-bona Vista Road (9)
- Nilma-shady Creek Road (1)
- No 1 Road (7)
- Number One Road (5)
- Paynter Street (7)
- Pollock Street (6)
- Queen Street (3)
- Seletto Street (3)
- Walkers Road (6)
- Warne Close (7)
