Smoko VIC 3741
41 addresses · 5 streets
Indi Electorate › Alpine LGA › Smoko · 216 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Smoko is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 56 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $966 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bright - Mount Beauty statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Smoko itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Porepunkah Airport, 18.7 km north-west.
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: 87.6% 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 | 87.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 96.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 62.2%
Population by age in Smoko
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Smoko
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Smoko
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Smoko
| English | 19 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 14 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Italian | 7 |
| Scottish | 6 |
Housing tenure in Smoko
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Smoko
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Smoko
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Smoko
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| United States | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
822 bird observations recorded near Smoko — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (48)
- White-throated Treecreeper (47)
- Crimson Rosella (43)
- Pied Currawong (42)
- Australian Magpie (40)
- Laughing Kookaburra (40)
- Red Wattlebird (40)
- Brown Thornbill (37)
- Noisy Friarbird (36)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (35)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (35)
- Grey Fantail (33)
- White-browed Scrubwren (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Smoko
- Spotted Pardalote (27)
- Eastern Whipbird (26)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (25)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- Silvereye (22)
- Olive-backed Oriole (19)
- Rufous Whistler (19)
- Satin Bowerbird (19)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (19)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (18)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (16)
- Eurasian Blackbird (15)
- Striated Thornbill (15)
- Australian King-parrot (14)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (14)
- Red-browed Finch (14)
- Eastern Spinebill (13)
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 Smoko:
- Freeburgh (5.6 km)
- Harrietville (8 km)
- Wandiligong (8.5 km)
- Germantown (8.5 km)
- Tawonga South (12.5 km)
- Bright (13.1 km)
- Mount Beauty (13.6 km)
- Bogong (14.8 km)
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Streets
- Bibby Lane (2)
- Great Alpine Road (23)
- Mcmahons Lane (5)
- Smoko Creek Road (9)
- Steiners Lane (2)
