Tarnook VIC 3670
56 addresses · 7 streets
Indi Electorate › Benalla LGA › Tarnook · 163 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Tarnook is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 103 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,541 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, Scottish. 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 Benalla Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tarnook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: Benalla Airport, 11.9 km east.
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: 8.3% 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 | 8.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 63.9%
Population by age in Tarnook
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tarnook
| House | 42 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tarnook
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Tarnook
| English | 44 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 33 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Tarnook
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tarnook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Tarnook
| Car | 35 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Tarnook
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Tarnook
| Polish | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
866 bird observations recorded near Tarnook — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (81)
- Australian Magpie (65)
- Eastern Rosella (60)
- Striated Pardalote (54)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (49)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (44)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (43)
- Galah (42)
- Magpie-lark (37)
- Australian Wood Duck (30)
- Laughing Kookaburra (30)
- Brown Treecreeper (28)
- Australian Raven (27)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tarnook
- Willie Wagtail (26)
- Australian Pelican (22)
- Little Raven (19)
- Restless Flycatcher (19)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (18)
- Red-rumped Parrot (18)
- Common Starling (17)
- Australian Shelduck (16)
- White-browed Woodswallow (16)
- White-winged Chough (16)
- Bush Stone-curlew (15)
- Grey Teal (14)
- Black Swan (12)
- Common Bronzewing (12)
- Jacky Winter (12)
- Mistletoebird (12)
- Straw-necked Ibis (12)
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 Tarnook:
- Goomalibee (5.8 km)
- Baddaginnie (6.8 km)
- Upotipotpon (9 km)
- Benalla (9.8 km)
- Broken Creek (11.3 km)
- Koonda (12.5 km)
- Stewarton (14.7 km)
- Goorambat (14.9 km)
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Streets
- Baddaginnie-goomalibee Road (6)
- Basin Road (9)
- Braeside Lane (5)
- Burness Road (6)
- Kelleher Road (16)
- Sloan Road (4)
- Tarnook Road (10)
