Orford VIC 3284
81 addresses · 15 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Orford · 254 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Orford is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 115 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Moyne - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Orford itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 13.4% 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 | 13.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.5% · Labour-force participation 76.1%
Population by age in Orford
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Orford
| House | 43 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Orford
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Orford
| English | 52 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 32 |
| Irish | 32 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Welsh | 5 |
Housing tenure in Orford
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Orford
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Orford
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Orford
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 3 |
Languages used at home in Orford
| Filipino | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
473 bird observations recorded near Orford — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (30)
- Little Raven (29)
- Red Wattlebird (26)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (25)
- Superb Fairy-wren (25)
- Grey Fantail (23)
- White-naped Honeyeater (21)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (21)
- Long-billed Corella (18)
- Brown Thornbill (17)
- New Holland Honeyeater (17)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (16)
- Willie Wagtail (16)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Orford
- Brolga (14)
- Galah (13)
- Laughing Kookaburra (13)
- Noisy Miner (13)
- Australasian Bittern (12)
- White-browed Scrubwren (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- Eastern Rosella (11)
- Eurasian Skylark (11)
- Latham's Snipe (11)
- White-eared Honeyeater (11)
- Common Starling (10)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (10)
- Red-browed Finch (10)
- Common Bronzewing (9)
- Forest Raven (9)
- Rufous Whistler (9)
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 Orford:
- St Helens (7 km)
- Tarrone (9 km)
- Broadwater (9.7 km)
- Willatook (13 km)
- Yambuk (13.3 km)
- Codrington (14.2 km)
- Bessiebelle (14.8 km)
- Toolong (17 km)
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Streets
- Abrahams Road (2)
- Barkly Street (5)
- Codrington-orford Road (4)
- Dicks Road (4)
- Hamilton-port Fairy Road (30)
- High Street (5)
- M Riordans Road (1)
- Masons Road (2)
- Mcgraths Road (5)
- Mt Misery Road (3)
- Old Dunmore Road (1)
- Porters Road (3)
- Riverside Road (1)
- Russell Street (8)
- Tarrone Lane (7)
