Sandy Point VIC 3959
961 addresses · 38 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Sandy Point · 152 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Sandy Point is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 312 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,343 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Foster statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sandy Point itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
2 places to stay
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Sandy Point.
- Sandy Point Tennis Tennis (Outdoor)
- Waratah Beach Surf Life Saving Club Surf Life Saving
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: 8.1% 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 | 8.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.7% · Labour-force participation 48.7%
Population by age in Sandy Point
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 29 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 26 |
| 45-54 | 46 |
| 55-64 | 70 |
| 65-74 | 76 |
| 75-84 | 27 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Sandy Point
| House | 134 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sandy Point
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 53 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 30 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Sandy Point
| English | 125 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 108 |
| Irish | 57 |
| Scottish | 41 |
| Ancestry NS | 30 |
| Other | 24 |
Housing tenure in Sandy Point
| Owned | 84 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 36 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Sandy Point
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 45 |
| 2 | 56 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Sandy Point
| Car | 77 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 34 |
Top countries of birth in Sandy Point
| England | 17 |
|---|---|
| India | 8 |
| New Zealand | 8 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| Ireland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Sandy Point
| Punjabi | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,087 bird observations recorded near Sandy Point — most often seen:
- Pacific Gull (503)
- Silver Gull (410)
- Black Swan (372)
- White-faced Heron (316)
- Australian White Ibis (295)
- Eurasian Blackbird (272)
- Superb Fairy-wren (258)
- Grey Fantail (253)
- Crested Tern (247)
- Red-necked Stint (244)
- Little Pied Cormorant (241)
- East Coast Pacific Gull (227)
- Giinbaywarraymal (224)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sandy Point
- Little Wattlebird (224)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (211)
- Eastern Curlew (209)
- Welcome Swallow (208)
- Silvereye (207)
- Australian Magpie (202)
- Brown Thornbill (202)
- Red Wattlebird (193)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (188)
- Common Starling (188)
- Australian Pelican (187)
- Sanderling (181)
- Red-capped Plover (180)
- Chestnut Teal (175)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (168)
- Southern Sooty Oystercatcher (153)
- Eastern Whipbird (149)
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 Sandy Point:
- Waratah Bay (7.4 km)
- Yanakie (7.5 km)
- Walkerville (11.1 km)
- Wilsons Promontory (11.3 km)
- Walkerville North (11.3 km)
- Walkerville South (11.7 km)
- Fish Creek (12.8 km)
- Foster (20 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Street (50)
- Anderson Avenue (18)
- Aqua Court (3)
- Ash Avenue (55)
- Banksia Avenue (53)
- Beach Parade (126)
- Beech Court (5)
- Box Avenue (14)
- Church Parade (2)
- Davies Road W (6)
- Ennisvale Avenue (45)
- Fifth Avenue (5)
- Fir Court (4)
- Fourth Avenue (4)
- Freycinet Street (1)
- Gale Street (1)
- Graeme Grove (25)
- Harbour View (81)
- Manuka Street (22)
- Oak Street (1)
- Ocean View Parade (56)
- Park Avenue (22)
- Poplar Court (7)
- Ryans Rise (40)
- Sandy Point Road (57)
- Shallow Inlet Road (1)
- Soldiers Road (2)
- Sunshine Rise (75)
- Surfers Walk (4)
- Tecoma Avenue (15)
- Telopea Drive (18)
- The Boulevarde (81)
- Tilikum Court (6)
- Trelawny Avenue (14)
- Waratah Avenue (8)
- Waratah Road (7)
- Wattle Court (18)
- Woodlands Avenue (9)
