Shoreham VIC 3916
886 addresses · 37 streets
Flinders Electorate › Mornington Peninsula LGA › Shoreham · 68 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Shoreham is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 679 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $2,012 a week, with median rent near $421 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,770,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Flinders statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Shoreham itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
1 plumber
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 49.6 km north.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Shoreham.
- Flinders Yacht Club Sailing
- Shoreham Tennis Club 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.
Median Sale Prices
Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 29.7% 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 | 29.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 45.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 48.6%
Population by age in Shoreham
| 0-4 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 57 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 46 |
| 35-44 | 45 |
| 45-54 | 67 |
| 55-64 | 121 |
| 65-74 | 150 |
| 75-84 | 84 |
| 85+ | 45 |
Dwelling types in Shoreham
| House | 265 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Shoreham
| <$650 | 26 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 51 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 78 |
| $3,000+ | 85 |
Top ancestries in Shoreham
| English | 353 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 221 |
| Scottish | 103 |
| Irish | 85 |
| Ancestry NS | 33 |
| German | 32 |
Housing tenure in Shoreham
| Owned | 155 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 52 |
| Rented | 37 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Shoreham
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 70 |
| 2 | 125 |
| 3 | 38 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Shoreham
| Car | 123 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 114 |
Top countries of birth in Shoreham
| England | 49 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 13 |
| Netherlands | 10 |
| Italy | 6 |
| South Africa | 6 |
| China | 5 |
Languages used at home in Shoreham
| French | 6 |
|---|---|
| German | 5 |
| Mandarin | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
15,211 bird observations recorded near Shoreham — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (754)
- Noisy Miner (735)
- Eurasian Blackbird (726)
- Grey Fantail (678)
- Common Starling (673)
- Superb Fairy-wren (664)
- Crimson Rosella (636)
- Australian Magpie (603)
- Australian White Ibis (599)
- Little Pied Cormorant (589)
- Little Wattlebird (585)
- Red Wattlebird (574)
- Australian Wood Duck (563)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Shoreham
- White-faced Heron (548)
- Welcome Swallow (508)
- Brown Thornbill (488)
- Magpie-lark (467)
- Masked Lapwing (467)
- Eastern Rosella (421)
- Pacific Gull (408)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (407)
- Eastern Spinebill (379)
- Little Raven (372)
- Grey Butcherbird (360)
- Galah (358)
- Laughing Kookaburra (337)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (331)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (329)
- Spotted Pardalote (328)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (324)
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 Shoreham:
- Point Leo (2.4 km)
- Red Hill South (4.3 km)
- Merricks (4.9 km)
- Flinders (5.9 km)
- Merricks Beach (5.9 km)
- Red Hill (6.7 km)
- Main Ridge (7.2 km)
- Balnarring Beach (7.3 km)
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Streets
- Beach Road (26)
- Blake Street (44)
- Buxton Lane (10)
- Byrnes Road (58)
- Cliff Road (39)
- Coryule Street (13)
- Fisher Street (3)
- Frankston-flinders Road (40)
- Griffiths Street (19)
- Higgins Lane (19)
- Hillcrest Road (18)
- Hilltop Court (19)
- Horne Road (3)
- Howard Street (41)
- Lexington Avenue (22)
- Lyric Court (7)
- Marine Parade (61)
- May Street (9)
- Myers Drive (43)
- Nelson Street (62)
- Orama Road (4)
- Oxford Street (8)
- Pier Street (6)
- Pine Grove (21)
- Point Court (8)
- Point Leo Road (2)
- Prout Webb Road (34)
- Punty Lane (13)
- Sail Street (5)
- Seychelles Road (15)
- Shands Road (5)
- Shoreham Road (41)
- Steen Avenue (23)
- Sydney Road (20)
- Tucks Road (71)
- View Court (18)
- Viewbank Street (36)
