Ruffy VIC 3666
136 addresses · 21 streets
Indi Electorate › Strathbogie LGA › Ruffy · 107 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Ruffy is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 164 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $1,426 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers work from home. 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 Euroa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ruffy itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
Getting around. Airport: Shepparton Airport, 59.3 km north.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Ruffy.
- Ruffy Recreation Reserve Cricket, Equestrian
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: 8.4% 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 | 8.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.2% · Labour-force participation 60.1%
Population by age in Ruffy
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 35 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ruffy
| House | 68 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ruffy
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Ruffy
| English | 64 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 54 |
| Irish | 29 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Other | 13 |
Housing tenure in Ruffy
| Owned | 43 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Ruffy
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Ruffy
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 34 |
Top countries of birth in Ruffy
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,368 bird observations recorded near Ruffy — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (85)
- Crimson Rosella (79)
- Grey Fantail (72)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (70)
- Australian Magpie (69)
- White-throated Treecreeper (66)
- Laughing Kookaburra (63)
- Brown Thornbill (59)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (54)
- White-eared Honeyeater (47)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (45)
- New Holland Honeyeater (40)
- White-browed Scrubwren (40)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ruffy
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (39)
- Galah (38)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (38)
- Welcome Swallow (37)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (36)
- White-naped Honeyeater (36)
- Pied Currawong (35)
- Red Wattlebird (35)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (35)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (35)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (34)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (33)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (32)
- Eastern Spinebill (29)
- Red-browed Finch (29)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (29)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (29)
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 Ruffy:
- Terip Terip (8 km)
- Tarcombe (8.3 km)
- Gooram (11.1 km)
- Upton Hill (11.2 km)
- Caveat (11.3 km)
- Dropmore (11.7 km)
- Creightons Creek (11.7 km)
- Gobur (12 km)
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Streets
- Boathole Road (4)
- Buntings Hill Road (8)
- Buttel Lane (2)
- Creamery Lane (2)
- Creightons Creek Road (8)
- Donovan Road (5)
- Hill Close (6)
- Hobart Street (3)
- Longwood-gobur Road (1)
- Longwood-ruffy Road (15)
- Maggies Lane (7)
- Mcleans Lane (7)
- Nolans Road (19)
- Noye Lane (1)
- Red Gate Lane (7)
- Ruffy Road (11)
- Ruffy-terip Road (6)
- Sinclairs Lane (4)
- Tarcombe-ruffy Road (3)
- Top Road (2)
- Weibye Track (15)
