Stony Creek VIC 3957
217 addresses · 28 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Stony Creek · 130 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Stony Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 310 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Foster statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Stony Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
2 gyms & sports centres
Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 54.3 km north-east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Stony Creek.
- Stony Creek Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Equestrian, Netball
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: 8.8% 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 | 8.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.6% · Labour-force participation 64%
Population by age in Stony Creek
| 0-4 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 43 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 32 |
| 35-44 | 34 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 42 |
| 65-74 | 39 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Stony Creek
| House | 109 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Stony Creek
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 31 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Stony Creek
| Australian | 138 |
|---|---|
| English | 127 |
| Irish | 50 |
| Scottish | 34 |
| Dutch | 26 |
| German | 17 |
Housing tenure in Stony Creek
| Owned | 46 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 46 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Stony Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 56 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Stony Creek
| Car | 84 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 45 |
Top countries of birth in Stony Creek
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Canada | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,416 bird observations recorded near Stony Creek — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (145)
- Chestnut Teal (129)
- Pacific Black Duck (122)
- Grey Fantail (119)
- Eurasian Blackbird (116)
- Eurasian Coot (116)
- Australian Magpie (109)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (108)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (104)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (98)
- Grey Teal (90)
- Common Starling (85)
- Welcome Swallow (85)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Stony Creek
- Eastern Yellow Robin (69)
- Australian Wood Duck (66)
- Dusky Moorhen (66)
- Brown Thornbill (65)
- Crimson Rosella (64)
- Little Pied Cormorant (64)
- White-eared Honeyeater (64)
- Australasian Grebe (61)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (61)
- White-faced Heron (60)
- Magpie-lark (58)
- Laughing Kookaburra (55)
- Little Raven (53)
- Red-browed Finch (49)
- Hardhead (47)
- White-browed Scrubwren (46)
- Eastern Rosella (42)
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 Stony Creek:
- Meeniyan (5.8 km)
- Dumbalk (7.3 km)
- Foster North (7.9 km)
- Buffalo (8.2 km)
- Tarwin (9.5 km)
- Dollar (9.8 km)
- Nerrena (10.8 km)
- Woorarra West (12.3 km)
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Streets
- Boags Road (6)
- Buffalo-stony Creek Road (7)
- Butterworths Road (8)
- Carmichaels Road (2)
- Charltons Road (5)
- Crowleys Road (1)
- Dempseys Road (5)
- Dumbalk East-stony Creek Road (6)
- Dumbalk-stony Creek Road (4)
- Falls Road (16)
- Frankcom Road (1)
- Helms Road (6)
- Jacks Road (8)
- Maddisons Road (5)
- Madex Street (2)
- Main Street (23)
- Mckittericks Road (4)
- Meeniyan-mirboo North Road (2)
- Michaels Road (1)
- Moyes Road (4)
- Oconnor Road (3)
- Slade Court (5)
- South Gippsland Highway (30)
- Stony Creek Road (1)
- Stony Creek-dollar Road (39)
- Tobin Street (10)
- Todds Road (6)
- Whitelaws Track (7)
