Sarsfield VIC 3875
404 addresses · 41 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Sarsfield · 244 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Sarsfield is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 543 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,423 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bruthen - Omeo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sarsfield itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 20.1 km south-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Sarsfield.
- Sarsfield Recreation Reserve Cricket, Croquet, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 31.8% 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 | 31.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 56.4%
Population by age in Sarsfield
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 76 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 23 |
| 25-34 | 43 |
| 35-44 | 61 |
| 45-54 | 71 |
| 55-64 | 107 |
| 65-74 | 98 |
| 75-84 | 31 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Sarsfield
| House | 199 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 6 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sarsfield
| <$650 | 35 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 63 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 58 |
| $3,000+ | 32 |
Top ancestries in Sarsfield
| English | 251 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 248 |
| Scottish | 57 |
| Irish | 37 |
| Other | 34 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
Housing tenure in Sarsfield
| Owned | 114 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 71 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Sarsfield
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 42 |
| 2 | 82 |
| 3 | 43 |
| 4+ | 31 |
Commute to work in Sarsfield
| Car | 161 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 52 |
Top countries of birth in Sarsfield
| England | 25 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 11 |
| Sri Lanka | 7 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Sarsfield
| Sinhalese | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,306 bird observations recorded near Sarsfield — most often seen:
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (633)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (604)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (589)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (587)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (578)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (558)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (552)
- Common Bronzewing (534)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (522)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (510)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (505)
- South-eastern Golden Whistler (492)
- Southern Superb Lyrebird (472)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sarsfield
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (461)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (429)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (418)
- Australian Magpie (415)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (386)
- Wonga Pigeon (375)
- Grey Fantail (364)
- Laughing Kookaburra (360)
- White-throated Treecreeper (354)
- Red Wattlebird (340)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (335)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (334)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (332)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (326)
- Eastern Australian Raven (315)
- Brown Thornbill (314)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (312)
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 Sarsfield:
- Nicholson (5.3 km)
- Granite Rock (6.1 km)
- Mossiface (7.5 km)
- Tambo Upper (7.7 km)
- Wiseleigh (7.8 km)
- Clifton Creek (7.8 km)
- Fairy Dell (8.8 km)
- Lucknow (9.1 km)
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Streets
- Bullock Hill Road (10)
- Carlyle Street (2)
- Coach Road (11)
- Costers Road (4)
- Cousins Court (19)
- Crawford Court (7)
- Deptford Road (3)
- Dirty Hollow Drive (1)
- Duncan Road (25)
- Eleven Mile Road (5)
- Filmers Road (6)
- Great Alpine Road (81)
- Grech Court (8)
- Haggars Road (12)
- Hardings Lane (7)
- Hardings Road (3)
- Heredon Court (11)
- High Street (19)
- Howards Road (1)
- Jacks Track (5)
- Jennings Lane (2)
- Kerry Lane (3)
- Lees Road (8)
- Lorraine Court (5)
- Malcolm Grove (7)
- Mcnamaras Road (15)
- Mulhollands Road (14)
- Nicholls Road (1)
- Nicholson-sarsfield Road (21)
- Old Man Hill Road (2)
- Pitt Lane (2)
- Puggle Lane (6)
- Raintree Court (8)
- Riches Road (28)
- Rooks Lane (3)
- School Road (20)
- Swift Lane (1)
- Tullynally Close (1)
- Waddells Road (2)
- Windsor Drive (13)
- Yungera Court (2)
