The Heart VIC 3851
21 addresses · 8 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › The Heart · 195 km from Melbourne
Living Here
The Heart is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 30 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,583 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Longford - Loch Sport statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: The Heart itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 medical clinic
2 golf clubs
1 electrician
Getting around. Bus interchange: Littles Gippsland Coaches, 5.8 km west · Airport: West Sale Airport, 16.6 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: 2.4% 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 | 2.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.7% · Labour-force participation 59.1%
Population by age in The Heart
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in The Heart
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in The Heart
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in The Heart
| English | 12 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| Maltese | 5 |
| Maori | 4 |
Cars per household in The Heart
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in The Heart
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in The Heart
| New Zealand | 8 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,456 bird observations recorded near The Heart — most often seen:
- Black Swan (291)
- Pacific Black Duck (238)
- Australian Pelican (213)
- Australian White Ibis (203)
- Whistling Kite (191)
- Masked Lapwing (185)
- White-faced Heron (180)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (179)
- Little Pied Cormorant (176)
- Common Starling (169)
- Swamp Harrier (162)
- Australian Shelduck (156)
- Chestnut Teal (153)
Show all 30 birds recorded near The Heart
- Grey Teal (148)
- Little Black Cormorant (147)
- Straw-necked Ibis (146)
- Royal Spoonbill (129)
- Magpie-lark (123)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (120)
- Great Cormorant (119)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (119)
- Great Egret (117)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (113)
- Eurasian Coot (107)
- Welcome Swallow (107)
- Superb Fairy-wren (97)
- Eastern Rosella (96)
- Latham's Snipe (94)
- Little Raven (94)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (84)
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
- Bay Road (3)
- Hearthall Road (1)
- Lawless Road (1)
- Lower Heart Road (8)
- Lyons Road (5)
- Mayalls Lane (1)
- Ronalds Road (1)
- Talbots Road (1)