Tonimbuk VIC 3815
122 addresses · 11 streets
La Trobe Electorate › Cardinia LGA › Tonimbuk · 70 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Tonimbuk is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 229 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $2,024 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bunyip - Garfield statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tonimbuk 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: 38.2% 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 | 38.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 57.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Tonimbuk
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 48 |
| 55-64 | 48 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tonimbuk
| House | 82 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tonimbuk
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 26 |
Top ancestries in Tonimbuk
| English | 123 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 81 |
| Irish | 35 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Other | 11 |
Housing tenure in Tonimbuk
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 31 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Tonimbuk
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 31 |
Commute to work in Tonimbuk
| Car | 65 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Top countries of birth in Tonimbuk
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| Poland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Tonimbuk
| Polish | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,336 bird observations recorded near Tonimbuk — most often seen:
- Grey Fantail (172)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (159)
- Superb Fairy-wren (156)
- Australian Magpie (150)
- Laughing Kookaburra (146)
- Crimson Rosella (133)
- Brown Thornbill (131)
- White-throated Treecreeper (131)
- Eurasian Blackbird (126)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (121)
- Australian Wood Duck (114)
- Bell Miner (114)
- Common Starling (107)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tonimbuk
- Helmeted Honeyeater (107)
- Eastern Rosella (106)
- Pacific Black Duck (105)
- Eastern Spinebill (102)
- Australian Raven (101)
- Grey Butcherbird (100)
- Spotted Pardalote (94)
- White-browed Scrubwren (94)
- Welcome Swallow (92)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (92)
- Magpie-lark (89)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (89)
- White-faced Heron (85)
- White-eared Honeyeater (83)
- Silvereye (82)
- Golden Whistler (78)
- Red Wattlebird (77)
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 Tonimbuk:
- Garfield North (5.1 km)
- Bunyip North (5.3 km)
- Labertouche (7.2 km)
- Bunyip (8.6 km)
- Garfield (9.1 km)
- Tynong North (9.1 km)
- Longwarry North (9.2 km)
- Maryknoll (10.7 km)
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Streets
- Bridal Road (20)
- Ellis Road (37)
- Ernie Nash Lane (1)
- Gembrook-tonimbuk Road (22)
- Izzard Lane (3)
- Jolley Road (8)
- Leask Road (6)
- Sanders Road (1)
- Tinkham Road (6)
- Tonimbuk Road (12)
- Topp Road (6)
