Simpsons Creek VIC 3888
29 addresses · 3 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Simpsons Creek · 298 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Simpsons Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 39 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,812 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 English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Orbost statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Simpsons Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Orbost Airport, 23.2 km east.
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: 65% 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 | 65.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 75.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Simpsons Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Simpsons Creek
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Simpsons Creek
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Simpsons Creek
| English | 21 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 11 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Other | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| Scottish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Simpsons Creek
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Simpsons Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Simpsons Creek
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
864 bird observations recorded near Simpsons Creek — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (49)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (48)
- Grey Fantail (44)
- Laughing Kookaburra (42)
- Australian Magpie (39)
- Red Wattlebird (38)
- Brown Thornbill (37)
- Emu (34)
- White-throated Treecreeper (34)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (33)
- Glossy Black-cockatoo (32)
- Australian Raven (30)
- Pied Currawong (30)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Simpsons Creek
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (29)
- Crimson Rosella (27)
- Eastern Spinebill (26)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (26)
- Willie Wagtail (25)
- Striated Thornbill (23)
- Wonga Pigeon (23)
- Welcome Swallow (22)
- Red-browed Finch (21)
- White-faced Heron (21)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (20)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (20)
- Spotted Quail-thrush (20)
- Straw-necked Ibis (18)
- White-necked Heron (18)
- White-winged Chough (18)
- Superb Lyrebird (17)
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 Simpsons Creek:
- Waygara (3.2 km)
- Bete Bolong (4.5 km)
- Wombat Creek (6.4 km)
- Jarrahmond (8.3 km)
- Newmerella (8.4 km)
- Corringle (9.8 km)
- Orbost (10.6 km)
- Tostaree (14.5 km)
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Streets
- Joiners Road (1)
- Princes Highway (3)
- Simpsons Creek Road (25)