Omeo VIC 3898
780 addresses · 72 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Omeo · 245 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Omeo is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 411 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,131 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Bruthen - Omeo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Omeo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
3 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 post office
2 service stations
1 golf club
2 bakeries
2 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Mount Hotham Airport, 23.1 km west.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Omeo.
- Omeo Golf Club Golf
- Omeo Primary Cricket
- Omeo Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 51.8% 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 | 51.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 61.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 49.7%
Population by age in Omeo
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 35 |
| 35-44 | 39 |
| 45-54 | 54 |
| 55-64 | 84 |
| 65-74 | 67 |
| 75-84 | 36 |
| 85+ | 15 |
Dwelling types in Omeo
| House | 159 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Omeo
| <$650 | 27 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 55 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 50 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Omeo
| English | 173 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 143 |
| Ancestry NS | 57 |
| Scottish | 54 |
| Irish | 53 |
| Other | 21 |
Housing tenure in Omeo
| Owned | 81 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 38 |
| Rented | 26 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Omeo
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 48 |
| 2 | 55 |
| 3 | 28 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Omeo
| Car | 104 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 21 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Omeo
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 4 |
| Vietnam | 4 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Omeo
| Vietnamese | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,299 bird observations recorded near Omeo — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (129)
- Australian Magpie (118)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (116)
- Grey Fantail (109)
- Superb Fairy-wren (109)
- Red Wattlebird (103)
- Laughing Kookaburra (101)
- Pied Currawong (101)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (92)
- Little Raven (78)
- House Sparrow (76)
- Rufous Whistler (76)
- Spotted Pardalote (76)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Omeo
- Striated Pardalote (76)
- Eurasian Blackbird (71)
- White-naped Honeyeater (71)
- Australian Wood Duck (70)
- White-throated Treecreeper (68)
- Australian Raven (66)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (62)
- White-eared Honeyeater (58)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (56)
- Magpie-lark (55)
- Silvereye (55)
- Common Starling (54)
- Brown Thornbill (53)
- White-winged Chough (52)
- Welcome Swallow (51)
- Striated Thornbill (49)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (48)
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 Omeo:
- Bingo Munjie (10.3 km)
- Hinnomunjie (12.2 km)
- Cassilis (12.5 km)
- Tongio (13.6 km)
- Cobungra (15.4 km)
- Anglers Rest (16.4 km)
- Omeo Valley (17.8 km)
- Bindi (18.9 km)
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Streets
- Ah Sams Road (1)
- Bald Hills Creek Road (21)
- Barbers Lane (1)
- Bazeley Street (6)
- Beaver Street (2)
- Benambra Road (14)
- Bilton Street (27)
- Bingo Connection Road (1)
- Bingo Gap Road (1)
- Bingo-tice Road (4)
- Botany Street (6)
- Brumley Street (14)
- Camp Street (11)
- Cassilis Road (34)
- Connleys Road (10)
- Cooper Street (12)
- Coughlans Street (1)
- Cousins Lane (2)
- Creek Street (15)
- Crisp Street (16)
- Day Avenue (115)
- Depot Road (23)
- Dry Gully Road (16)
- Dry Hill Lane (3)
- Easton Street (3)
- Faithfulls Access Road (4)
- Flannagans Road (5)
- Great Alpine Road (62)
- Halletts Road (7)
- Hankshaws Hill Road (9)
- High Forest Road (20)
- Highview Court (8)
- Hinnomunjie Connection (1)
- Howitt Street (7)
- Kangaroo Track (9)
- Leonard Drive (6)
- Leonardo Drive (6)
- Margetts Street (4)
- Mccoy Street (10)
- Mckenzies Road (5)
- Mcnamaras Road (21)
- Mesley Road (4)
- Mitta Street (8)
- Mt Delusion Road (3)
- Mt Gingee Munjie Track (1)
- Mt Jonas Track (1)
- Mt Livingstone Road (3)
- Mt Mesley Track (1)
- Mt Sam Road (2)
- Old Omeo Highway (7)
- Omeo Highway (26)
- Omeo Valley Road (26)
- Parish Boundary Lane (7)
- Park Street (17)
- Perrys Road (2)
- Petersen Place (2)
- Quartz Lane (2)
- Racecourse Road (2)
- Rodgers Street (4)
- Sam Hill Road (2)
- Scrubby Creek Track (2)
- Sebastopol Hill Road (53)
- Short Street (1)
- Splitters Road (2)
- Stanley Drive (4)
- Tices Road (3)
- Timmins Road (1)
- Tongio Gap Road (5)
- Tongio Road (16)
- Unnamed 32 Road (2)
- Upper Livingstone Road (24)
- Wills Street (4)
