Sunset Strip VIC 3922

Living Here

Sunset Strip is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 503 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,009 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $640,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Phillip Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sunset Strip itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Newhaven College
  • Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School
  • Cowes Primary School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • The Shearing Shed
• 2 beaches

  • Smiths Beach
  • YCW
• 1 Catholic church

  • St. Mary's Catholic Church
• 1 optometrist

  • O'Donnell Optical
• 1 hospital

  • Phillip Island Health Hub
• 1 vet

  • Cowes Veterinary Surgery
• 1 library

  • Phillip Island Library
• 1 gym

  • Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
• 2 golf clubs

  • Phillip Island Golf Club
  • Aussie Golf Ranch
• 2 hardware stores

  • Bowens Phillip Island
  • Capeview Mitre 10
• 3 mechanics

  • Phillip Island Bodyworks
  • Phillip Island Tyre & Service Centre
  • Phillip Island Automotive
• 1 plumber

  • All Plumbing Phillip Island
• 20 places to stay

  • A Maze'N Things Holiday Park
  • Koala Park Resort
  • Oswin Roberts Cottage
  • Woodbyne Cottages
  • Arthur Phillip Motor Inn
  • The Avenue Apartments
  • Oceanic Apartments
  • Bushy Park Tourist Park
  • Seahorse Motel
  • Coachman Motel

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Getting around. Ferry wharf: Cowes Jetty, 6 km north-west · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 59.3 km north.

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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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 18.7% 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 3.2% · Labour-force participation 57%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

110,439 bird observations recorded near Sunset Strip — most often seen:

• Masked Lapwing (5,446)
• Australian White Ibis (5,318)
• Silver Gull (4,947)
• Australian Magpie (4,935)
• Black Swan (4,860)
• Red Wattlebird (4,808)
• Pacific Gull (4,522)
• Little Pied Cormorant (4,122)
• Cape Barren Goose (4,105)
• Little Raven (4,048)
• Little Wattlebird (4,008)
• Eurasian Blackbird (3,964)
• Common Starling (3,876)

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 Sunset Strip:

• Smiths Beach (1 km)
• Sunderland Bay (1.4 km)
• Surf Beach (2.5 km)
• Wimbledon Heights (3.3 km)
• Rhyll (4.4 km)
• Silverleaves (4.7 km)
• Cowes (5.4 km)
• Churchill Island (6.2 km)

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