Poowong North VIC 3988
102 addresses · 17 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Poowong North · 89 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Poowong North is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 202 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,800 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Korumburra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Poowong North 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: 5.4% 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 | 5.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 62.7%
Population by age in Poowong North
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 26 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Poowong North
| House | 64 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Poowong North
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Poowong North
| English | 97 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 93 |
| Irish | 29 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Dutch | 15 |
Housing tenure in Poowong North
| Owned | 31 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Poowong North
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Poowong North
| Car | 46 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 18 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Poowong North
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Poowong North
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
280 bird observations recorded near Poowong North — most often seen:
- Australian Wood Duck (16)
- Pacific Black Duck (15)
- Common Starling (14)
- Little Raven (13)
- Magpie-lark (13)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (13)
- Masked Lapwing (12)
- Australian Magpie (11)
- Australian Shelduck (10)
- Chestnut Teal (10)
- Eurasian Coot (10)
- Australian White Ibis (9)
- Common Myna (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Poowong North
- Eastern Rosella (9)
- Straw-necked Ibis (9)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (9)
- Australasian Grebe (8)
- Australian Raven (8)
- Crimson Rosella (8)
- Blue-billed Duck (7)
- Dusky Moorhen (7)
- Grey Fantail (7)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (7)
- House Sparrow (7)
- Little Pied Cormorant (7)
- Southern Magpie-lark (7)
- White-faced Heron (7)
- Black Swan (6)
- Eurasian Blackbird (6)
- Galah (6)
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 Poowong North:
- Athlone (5.2 km)
- Poowong East (5.8 km)
- Hallora (5.8 km)
- Poowong (6.1 km)
- Mountain View (7.7 km)
- Heath Hill (8.4 km)
- Torwood (8.5 km)
- Tetoora Road (9.2 km)
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Streets
- Adams Lane (1)
- Allchins Road (7)
- Beverly Road (3)
- Cochranes Road (3)
- Drouin-korumburra Road (19)
- Hook Road (1)
- Kennys Road (1)
- Kittelty Road (3)
- Kitteltys Road (4)
- North Poowong Road (4)
- Omearas Road N (11)
- Omearas Road S (6)
- Pine Grove Road (9)
- Standfields Road (9)
- Timms Road (15)
- Treadwells Road (5)
- Whites Road (1)
