Toora VIC 3962
696 addresses · 43 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Toora · 152 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Toora is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 713 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $935 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $395,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Foster statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Toora itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 beach
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 service station
1 playground
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 51.8 km north.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Toora.
- Toora Bowls Club Lawn Bowls
- Toora Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
- Toora Swimming Pool Swimming
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.
Median Sale Prices
Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 9.2% 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 | 9.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 46.1%
Population by age in Toora
| 0-4 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 82 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 33 |
| 25-34 | 51 |
| 35-44 | 69 |
| 45-54 | 72 |
| 55-64 | 111 |
| 65-74 | 140 |
| 75-84 | 73 |
| 85+ | 19 |
Dwelling types in Toora
| House | 273 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 9 |
| Other | 15 |
Households by weekly income in Toora
| <$650 | 85 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 110 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 58 |
| $3,000+ | 21 |
Top ancestries in Toora
| English | 325 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 277 |
| Scottish | 90 |
| Ancestry NS | 81 |
| Irish | 70 |
| German | 32 |
Housing tenure in Toora
| Owned | 152 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 88 |
| Rented | 57 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Toora
| 0 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 122 |
| 2 | 96 |
| 3 | 38 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Toora
| Car | 168 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 44 |
Top countries of birth in Toora
| England | 41 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 11 |
| Germany | 10 |
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Toora
| German | 3 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
14,186 bird observations recorded near Toora — most often seen:
- Pacific Gull (852)
- Silver Gull (828)
- Black Swan (793)
- Eastern Curlew (785)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (719)
- Grey Fantail (691)
- Superb Fairy-wren (690)
- White-faced Heron (670)
- Australian White Ibis (647)
- Brown Thornbill (546)
- Eurasian Blackbird (527)
- Little Pied Cormorant (512)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (415)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Toora
- Common Starling (409)
- Silvereye (407)
- Crested Tern (380)
- Australian Magpie (355)
- Masked Lapwing (349)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (348)
- Caspian Tern (345)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (344)
- Whimbrel (342)
- Grey Teal (335)
- Red Wattlebird (301)
- Chestnut Teal (287)
- Little Black Cormorant (284)
- Great Egret (274)
- Little Raven (258)
- White-browed Scrubwren (248)
- Welcome Swallow (245)
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 Toora:
- Port Franklin (4.5 km)
- Bennison (4.8 km)
- Agnes (5.8 km)
- Hazel Park (6.1 km)
- Toora North (6.4 km)
- Mount Best (7.8 km)
- Woorarra East (8.4 km)
- Wonga (9 km)
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Streets
- Acklands Road (3)
- Agnes River Road (4)
- Barry Beach Road (12)
- Beale Road (5)
- Bests Road (1)
- Blanton Lane (1)
- Bucklands Road (8)
- Buckley Street (10)
- Cargeegs Road (1)
- Creamery Valley Road (2)
- Cunningham Street (20)
- Dorans Road (7)
- Downings Hill Road (13)
- Dutton Street (24)
- Foster Road (9)
- Foster-mt Best Road (5)
- Franklin River Road (8)
- Gabriels Lane (4)
- Gray Street (14)
- Grip Road (47)
- Gunn Street (17)
- Hackwills Road (4)
- Harriet Street (24)
- Irelands Road (7)
- Jetty Road (9)
- Kewita Road (1)
- Lamont Drive (7)
- Lawsons Road (4)
- Lays Road (7)
- Lower Toora Road (13)
- Mill Street (53)
- Rathjens Road (10)
- Silcocks Hill Road (27)
- Smith Road (3)
- South Gippsland Highway (64)
- Stanley Street (68)
- Summers Court (12)
- Swan Bay Road (4)
- Toora Jetty Road (40)
- Victoria Street (59)
- Warners Road (1)
- Welshpool Road (62)
- Wilkinsons Road (2)
