Officer South VIC 3809
1,253 addresses · 66 streets
La Trobe Electorate › Cardinia LGA › Officer South · 51 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Officer South is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,159 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $2,085 a week, with median rent near $393 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Indian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $772,500.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Koo Wee Rup statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Officer South itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
4 doctors & medical clinics
2 physiotherapists
4 gyms & sports centres
1 dog park
1 hairdresser
1 mechanic
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Cardinia Road, 2.1 km north · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 31.3 km north-west.
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.
Median Sale Prices
Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 2.9% 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 | 2.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 68.4%
Population by age in Officer South
| 0-4 | 111 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 151 |
| 15-19 | 25 |
| 20-24 | 59 |
| 25-34 | 320 |
| 35-44 | 167 |
| 45-54 | 56 |
| 55-64 | 81 |
| 65-74 | 139 |
| 75-84 | 49 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Officer South
| House | 353 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 99 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Officer South
| <$650 | 57 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 95 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 185 |
| $3,000+ | 91 |
Top ancestries in Officer South
| English | 376 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 326 |
| Other | 254 |
| Indian | 71 |
| Irish | 67 |
| Scottish | 65 |
Housing tenure in Officer South
| Owned | 125 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 268 |
| Rented | 30 |
| Other | 18 |
Cars per household in Officer South
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 168 |
| 2 | 211 |
| 3 | 41 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Officer South
| Car | 355 |
|---|---|
| Train | 4 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 147 |
Top countries of birth in Officer South
| England | 70 |
|---|---|
| India | 62 |
| Sri Lanka | 60 |
| Philippines | 20 |
| New Zealand | 19 |
| Pakistan | 16 |
Languages used at home in Officer South
| Punjabi | 60 |
|---|---|
| Sinhalese | 51 |
| Tamil | 21 |
| Urdu | 14 |
| Italian | 14 |
| Spanish | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,512 bird observations recorded near Officer South — most often seen:
- Common Myna (728)
- Little Raven (727)
- Pacific Black Duck (682)
- Magpie-lark (679)
- Common Starling (626)
- Eurasian Coot (613)
- Australian Magpie (587)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (583)
- Black Swan (525)
- Eurasian Blackbird (508)
- Dusky Moorhen (506)
- Noisy Miner (492)
- Chestnut Teal (486)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Officer South
- Rainbow Lorikeet (486)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (472)
- Red Wattlebird (469)
- Welcome Swallow (463)
- Little Pied Cormorant (407)
- Galah (373)
- White-faced Heron (338)
- Grey Butcherbird (337)
- Grey Teal (310)
- Superb Fairy-wren (288)
- Grey Fantail (282)
- Australian Wood Duck (278)
- House Sparrow (262)
- Eastern Rosella (257)
- Little Wattlebird (254)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (249)
- Willie Wagtail (245)
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 Officer South:
- Officer (3.2 km)
- Pakenham (4.6 km)
- Beaconsfield (6.2 km)
- Cardinia (6.4 km)
- Rythdale (6.5 km)
- Clyde North (6.6 km)
- Clyde (8.3 km)
- Pakenham South (8.4 km)
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Streets
- Advance Boulevard (33)
- Amritsar Road (10)
- Atherton Avenue (36)
- Axis Boulevard (29)
- Bald Hill Road (2)
- Barnett Drive (25)
- Batlow Lane (7)
- Bellbird Street (1)
- Berri Avenue (32)
- Bradley Street (25)
- Calvert Street (19)
- Cardinia Road (24)
- Centenary Boulevard (42)
- Chaffey Grove (14)
- Champion Lane (16)
- Clements Street (57)
- Corbin Walk (7)
- Dareton Way (6)
- Denison Crescent (13)
- Evolve Street (14)
- Generator Street (26)
- Governors Way (4)
- Heggart Crescent (25)
- Heytesbury Drive (34)
- Indigo Parade (28)
- Indus Road (1)
- Kaduna Drive (75)
- Kokoda Drive (19)
- Kookaburra Drive (19)
- Lecky Road (31)
- Leeson Street (48)
- Lever Circuit (14)
- Maxwell Street (14)
- Merbein Way (5)
- Momentum Way (7)
- Mortlake Drive (39)
- Newline Road (10)
- Oban Circuit (20)
- Oban Road (24)
- Officer South Road (14)
- Patterson Road (9)
- Poppy Place (2)
- Postmill Court (6)
- Pridley Boulevard (27)
- Propeller Circuit (101)
- Punjab Street (12)
- Raptor Crescent (30)
- Ridley Boulevard (18)
- Rural Road (24)
- Skellett Road (10)
- Summit Lane (17)
- Talon Road (21)
- Thompsons Road (10)
- Tidworth Way (7)
- Tobruk Drive (9)
- Tobruk Road (9)
- Trawalla Street (1)
- Tulk Street (17)
- Turbine Street (7)
- Waikerie Promenade (1)
- Wallower Way (9)
- Warrock Road (6)
- Watson Road (3)
- Wattlebird Way (6)
- Wedgetail Avenue (5)
- Windbound Street (17)
