The Sisters VIC 3265
70 addresses · 14 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › The Sisters · 196 km from Melbourne
Living Here
The Sisters is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 110 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,107 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Moyne - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: The Sisters itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 31.4 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: 1.7% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 1.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.5% · Labour-force participation 74.7%
Population by age in The Sisters
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in The Sisters
| House | 41 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in The Sisters
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in The Sisters
| Australian | 47 |
|---|---|
| English | 38 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in The Sisters
| Owned | 22 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in The Sisters
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in The Sisters
| Car | 31 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in The Sisters
| Philippines | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in The Sisters
| Filipino | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
77 bird observations recorded near The Sisters — most often seen:
- Eurasian Coot (5)
- Little Raven (5)
- Masked Lapwing (5)
- Australian White Ibis (4)
- Australian Wood Duck (4)
- Grey Teal (4)
- Straw-necked Ibis (4)
- Australian Magpie (3)
- Chestnut Teal (3)
- Common Starling (3)
- Welcome Swallow (3)
- White-faced Heron (3)
- Australasian Darter (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near The Sisters
- Australian Shelduck (2)
- Black Swan (2)
- Black-faced Cormorant (2)
- Dusky Moorhen (2)
- Eurasian Blackbird (2)
- Eurasian Skylark (2)
- European Goldfinch (2)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (2)
- Hardhead (2)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (2)
- Pacific Black Duck (2)
- Willie Wagtail (2)
- Australasian Grebe (1)
- Australasian Shoveler (1)
- Black-browed Albatross (1)
- Black-shouldered Kite (1)
- Brown Falcon (1)
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 The Sisters:
- Framlingham East (6.2 km)
- Ellerslie (10.2 km)
- Framlingham (12.3 km)
- Garvoc (12.4 km)
- Kolora (12.5 km)
- Mortlake (12.7 km)
- Terang (13.1 km)
- Ballangeich (13.2 km)
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Streets
- Campions Lane (2)
- Chamallak Lane (3)
- Dairy Lane (5)
- Dohertys Lane (2)
- Ellerslie-sisters Road (3)
- Fosters Lane (3)
- Londrigans Lane (10)
- Mortlake-framlingham Road (15)
- Occupation Lane (6)
- Sisters-garvoc Road (1)
- Sisters-noorat Road (9)
- Terang-framlingham Road (7)
- Tuffs Lane (2)
- Wintons Lane (2)
