Nowa Nowa VIC 3887
225 addresses · 32 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Nowa Nowa · 275 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Nowa Nowa is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 199 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,012 a week, with median rent near $210 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Orbost statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nowa Nowa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
Getting around. Airport: Orbost Airport, 46 km east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Nowa Nowa.
- Nowa Nowa Recreation Reserve Equestrian
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: 86.8% 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 | 86.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 97.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.4% · Labour-force participation 41.8%
Population by age in Nowa Nowa
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 28 |
| 45-54 | 28 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 42 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Nowa Nowa
| House | 77 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Nowa Nowa
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Nowa Nowa
| English | 80 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 67 |
| Ancestry NS | 31 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Dutch | 9 |
Housing tenure in Nowa Nowa
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Nowa Nowa
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Nowa Nowa
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Nowa Nowa
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,411 bird observations recorded near Nowa Nowa — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (356)
- Laughing Kookaburra (276)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (262)
- White-faced Heron (260)
- Welcome Swallow (256)
- Little Pied Cormorant (255)
- Red Wattlebird (251)
- Chestnut Teal (250)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (249)
- Grey Fantail (243)
- Brown Thornbill (242)
- Australian Magpie (234)
- Masked Lapwing (229)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Nowa Nowa
- Pied Currawong (217)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (215)
- Little Black Cormorant (212)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (210)
- Australian Wood Duck (210)
- White-throated Treecreeper (189)
- Eastern Spinebill (182)
- Willie Wagtail (179)
- Pacific Black Duck (173)
- Australian Pelican (171)
- Wonga Pigeon (169)
- Eurasian Blackbird (167)
- White-naped Honeyeater (164)
- Crimson Rosella (153)
- Magpie-lark (150)
- Australian Raven (145)
- Great Cormorant (142)
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 Nowa Nowa:
- Wairewa (6.4 km)
- Tostaree (9 km)
- Toorloo Arm (11.3 km)
- Lake Tyers (13.2 km)
- Lake Tyers Beach (15.1 km)
- Lake Bunga (16.5 km)
- Wombat Creek (16.9 km)
- Lakes Entrance (18.4 km)
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Streets
- Bluff Road (1)
- Boarding House Lane (5)
- Bridge Street (8)
- Bruthen-buchan Road (5)
- Dead Horse Creek Road (1)
- Devils Hole Track (1)
- Fairweather Track (3)
- Forest Road (11)
- Forestry Road (2)
- Frasers Road (3)
- Gorge Road (21)
- Great Alpine Road (1)
- Gully Road (2)
- Hall Road (14)
- Ironstone Road (1)
- Kingston Street (6)
- Launching Road (2)
- Nelsons Road (7)
- Nowa Nowa-buchan Road (24)
- Nowa Nowa-old Buchan Road (28)
- Off Princes Highway (1)
- Princes Highway (41)
- Ramsdell Court (5)
- Red Knob Road (12)
- Reformatory Road (1)
- School Road (1)
- Stott Street (3)
- Tom Street (1)
- Toorloo Road (1)
- Velden Road (1)
- Wandin Way (9)
- Wetlands Lane (3)
