Strathdownie VIC 3312
128 addresses · 46 streets
Wannon Electorate › Glenelg LGA › Strathdownie · 339 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Strathdownie is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 176 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,166 a week, with median rent near $50 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Glenelg (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Strathdownie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Mount Gambier Airport, 28.8 km 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: 26.4% 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 | 26.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 78.6%
Population by age in Strathdownie
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 30 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Strathdownie
| House | 59 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Strathdownie
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Strathdownie
| Australian | 84 |
|---|---|
| English | 47 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Ancestry NS | 23 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Other | 9 |
Housing tenure in Strathdownie
| Owned | 40 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Strathdownie
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Strathdownie
| Car | 45 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 46 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
801 bird observations recorded near Strathdownie — most often seen:
- Brolga (51)
- Australian White Ibis (46)
- Straw-necked Ibis (44)
- Black Swan (40)
- White-faced Heron (37)
- Australian Magpie (35)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (32)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (31)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (31)
- Little Raven (30)
- Swamp Harrier (30)
- Long-billed Corella (28)
- Masked Lapwing (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Strathdownie
- Australian Shelduck (27)
- Pacific Black Duck (25)
- White-necked Heron (24)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (22)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
- Brown Falcon (20)
- Common Starling (19)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (19)
- Southern Magpie-lark (19)
- Laughing Kookaburra (18)
- Whistling Kite (18)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (17)
- Tree Martin (17)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (17)
- Crimson Rosella (16)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (16)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Ardno Homestead Road (3)
- Bandicoot Swamp Track (2)
- Bluemoon Road (1)
- Border Road (2)
- Bowds Road (5)
- Doughboy Road (4)
- Dunmoor Road (1)
- Durbridges Road (2)
- Fennells Lane (1)
- Glenelg Highway (17)
- Grubbed Road (2)
- Hawkes Road (1)
- Heatherleigh Road (1)
- Hines Road (1)
- Johnsons Road (3)
- Kaladbro Road (12)
- Koops Road (1)
- Limestone Creek Road (1)
- Lindsay Road (2)
- Llama Lane (2)
- Mcgraths Road (5)
- Mckinnon Road (1)
- Mckinnons Road (1)
- Meath Lane (1)
- Moles Road (2)
- Myaring-pieracle Road (2)
- Old Lindsay Road (6)
- Old Stockyard Road (2)
- Old Stockyards Lane (2)
- Ponderosa Road (1)
- Puralka Road (2)
- Puralka School Road (2)
- Richardsons Road (1)
- Ridge Road (2)
- Ross Road (1)
- Smiths Road (1)
- Strathdownie Post Office Road (4)
- Strathdownie School Road (6)
- Sullivan Quarry Road (1)
- Suttons Road (1)
- Uptons Road (1)
- Walkers Road (3)
- West Killara Forest Road (1)
- West Strathdownie Road (7)
- Westgarths Road (7)
- Wilkin School Road (1)
