Tanwood VIC 3478
21 addresses · 9 streets
Mallee Electorate › Pyrenees LGA › Tanwood · 166 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Tanwood is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 15 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Avoca statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tanwood itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 6.6% 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 | 6.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Tanwood
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tanwood
| House | 8 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tanwood
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Tanwood
| English | 12 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Tanwood
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tanwood
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Tanwood
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Tanwood
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Tanwood
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,102 bird observations recorded near Tanwood — most often seen:
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (69)
- Red Wattlebird (68)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (67)
- Little Raven (62)
- Australian Magpie (53)
- Brown Treecreeper (49)
- Musk Lorikeet (46)
- Willie Wagtail (42)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (40)
- Red-rumped Parrot (40)
- Long-billed Corella (39)
- Dusky Woodswallow (33)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (33)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tanwood
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (32)
- Australian Raven (31)
- Brown Falcon (31)
- Galah (31)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (30)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (28)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (27)
- Grey Teal (27)
- Australian Shelduck (26)
- Black Swan (26)
- Chestnut Teal (26)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (26)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (25)
- Striated Pardalote (25)
- Welcome Swallow (25)
- Common Starling (23)
- Eastern Galah (22)
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 Tanwood:
- Percydale (4.8 km)
- Moonambel (6.1 km)
- Warrenmang (6.9 km)
- Redbank (9.5 km)
- Rathscar West (9.6 km)
- Natte Yallock (11 km)
- Avoca (12 km)
- Homebush (14 km)
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Streets
- Andersons Lane (1)
- Bucknall Road (3)
- Castlemans Road (2)
- Punton Road (4)
- Sardine Road (1)
- Stawell-avoca Road (1)
- Sunraysia Highway (3)
- Tanwood Road (3)
- Williams Road (3)
