Purnim West VIC 3278
18 addresses · 3 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Purnim West · 218 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Purnim West is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,624 a week, with median rent near $346 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Moyne - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Purnim West itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
Getting around. Train station: Sherwood Park Railway Station, 10 km south · Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 9.8 km 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.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 1.9% 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 | 1.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Purnim West
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Purnim West
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Purnim West
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Purnim West
| Australian | 24 |
|---|---|
| English | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Irish | 6 |
| German | 4 |
| Russian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Purnim West
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Purnim West
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Purnim West
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
239 bird observations recorded near Purnim West — most often seen:
- Australian Bustard (35)
- Australian Magpie (20)
- Australian Shelduck (14)
- Common Starling (14)
- Eurasian Skylark (14)
- New Holland Honeyeater (13)
- Eurasian Blackbird (11)
- Little Raven (10)
- Red-rumped Parrot (10)
- Willie Wagtail (10)
- Magpie-lark (9)
- Red Wattlebird (9)
- Superb Fairy-wren (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Purnim West
- White-plumed Honeyeater (7)
- Long-billed Corella (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
- Brown Falcon (5)
- House Sparrow (5)
- Pallid Cuckoo (4)
- White-faced Heron (4)
- Crested Pigeon (3)
- Eastern Rosella (3)
- Emu (3)
- European Goldfinch (3)
- Silver Gull (3)
- White-necked Heron (3)
- Galah (2)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (2)
- Stubble Quail (2)
- Australasian Grebe (1)
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 Purnim West:
- Grassmere (3.9 km)
- Wangoom (4.7 km)
- Bushfield (5.2 km)
- Purnim (6 km)
- Woodford (6.4 km)
- Mailors Flat (7.4 km)
- Cudgee (9.8 km)
- Warrnambool (10.5 km)
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Streets
- Hopkins Highway (7)
- Hughs Road (1)
- Roseneath Road (10)