Tongio VIC 3896
90 addresses · 10 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Tongio · 248 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Tongio is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,281 a week, with median rent near $190 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, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bruthen - Omeo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tongio itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 electrician
Getting around. Airport: Mount Hotham Airport, 34.3 km north-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: 52.3% 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 | 52.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 68.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 71.7%
Population by age in Tongio
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tongio
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tongio
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Tongio
| English | 24 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 22 |
| Irish | 9 |
| German | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
| Scottish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Tongio
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tongio
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Tongio
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Tongio
| Germany | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Tongio
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
276 bird observations recorded near Tongio — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (14)
- Crimson Rosella (13)
- European Goldfinch (12)
- Superb Fairy-wren (12)
- Eurasian Blackbird (11)
- Grey Fantail (11)
- Laughing Kookaburra (11)
- Australian Wood Duck (10)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (10)
- Common Bronzewing (10)
- Common Starling (10)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (10)
- Striated Pardalote (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tongio
- Willie Wagtail (10)
- House Sparrow (9)
- White-throated Treecreeper (9)
- Australian Raven (8)
- Diamond Firetail (8)
- Eastern Rosella (8)
- Emu (8)
- Flame Robin (8)
- White-winged Chough (8)
- Dusky Woodswallow (7)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Pacific Black Duck (7)
- Restless Flycatcher (7)
- Rufous Whistler (7)
- Silvereye (7)
- Tawny Frogmouth (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
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 Tongio:
- Cassilis (5.9 km)
- Swifts Creek (6.9 km)
- Doctors Flat (12.5 km)
- Brookville (12.6 km)
- Bindi (12.7 km)
- Omeo (13.6 km)
- Wentworth (17.4 km)
- Ensay North (19.6 km)
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Streets
- Bald Hills Creek Road (20)
- Bindi Road (14)
- Camp Tongio Road (1)
- Cassilis Road (19)
- Cemetery Gully Road (5)
- Charlotte Spur Track (1)
- Great Alpine Road (9)
- Jacks Road (1)
- Stockyard Road (14)
- Tongio Gap Road (6)
