Smiths Gully VIC 3760

Living Here

Smiths Gully is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 356 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $2,468 a week, with median rent near $278 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Panton Hill - St Andrews statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Smiths Gully itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • St Andrews Primary School
  • Christmas Hills Primary School
  • Panton Hill Primary School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • A Boy Named Sue
• 1 park

  • Peter Franke Reserve
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Peter's Catholic Church
• 1 library

  • Yarra Plenty Regional Library
• 4 golf clubs

  • Eastern Golf Club
  • The Henley
  • Yering Meadows Golf Club
  • Heritage Golf and Country Club
• 1 bakery

  • A Local Baker
• 1 hardware store

  • St. Andrews Stockfeed

Getting around. Train station: Wattle Glen, 10.2 km south-west · Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 35.8 km west.

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Sport & Recreation

1 facility recorded in Smiths Gully.

• St Andrews Horse and Pony Club 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: 64.8% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 71.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

29,851 bird observations recorded near Smiths Gully — most often seen:

• Grey Fantail (1,603)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,496)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (1,432)
• Crimson Rosella (1,388)
• White-throated Treecreeper (1,353)
• Spotted Pardalote (1,270)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,266)
• Australian Magpie (1,222)
• Brown Thornbill (1,175)
• Red Wattlebird (1,162)
• Striated Thornbill (1,160)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,113)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (1,053)

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 Smiths Gully:

• St Andrews (3.2 km)
• Panton Hill (4.3 km)
• Christmas Hills (4.5 km)
• Watsons Creek (5.2 km)
• Cottles Bridge (5.8 km)
• Hurstbridge (8.2 km)
• Yarra Glen (8.5 km)
• Bend Of Islands (8.7 km)

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