Toorloo Arm VIC 3909
262 addresses · 22 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Toorloo Arm · 272 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Toorloo Arm is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 509 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,317 a week, with median rent near $170 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Orbost statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Toorloo Arm itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 43.9 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: 85.6% 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 | 85.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 92.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 43.2%
Population by age in Toorloo Arm
| 0-4 | 27 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 74 |
| 15-19 | 33 |
| 20-24 | 30 |
| 25-34 | 38 |
| 35-44 | 46 |
| 45-54 | 86 |
| 55-64 | 90 |
| 65-74 | 55 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Toorloo Arm
| House | 143 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Toorloo Arm
| <$650 | 26 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 53 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 40 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Toorloo Arm
| English | 149 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 135 |
| Ancestry NS | 116 |
| Aboriginal | 73 |
| Irish | 46 |
| Scottish | 41 |
Housing tenure in Toorloo Arm
| Owned | 56 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 53 |
| Rented | 34 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Toorloo Arm
| 0 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 33 |
| 2 | 60 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 26 |
Commute to work in Toorloo Arm
| Car | 112 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Toorloo Arm
| England | 20 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| United States | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,188 bird observations recorded near Toorloo Arm — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (957)
- Little Pied Cormorant (909)
- Black Swan (900)
- White-faced Heron (841)
- Crested Tern (780)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (765)
- Silver Gull (711)
- Superb Fairy-wren (698)
- Chestnut Teal (697)
- Little Tern (644)
- Red Wattlebird (629)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (622)
- Grey Fantail (605)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Toorloo Arm
- Laughing Kookaburra (579)
- Little Black Cormorant (569)
- Pacific Gull (537)
- Crimson Rosella (527)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (527)
- Brown Thornbill (520)
- Great Cormorant (510)
- Masked Lapwing (510)
- Eastern Whipbird (492)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (491)
- Little Wattlebird (467)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (463)
- Australian Raven (461)
- New Holland Honeyeater (449)
- Australian Magpie (443)
- Red-capped Plover (443)
- Wonga Pigeon (442)
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 Toorloo Arm:
- Lake Tyers Beach (4.3 km)
- Lake Bunga (5.3 km)
- Lake Tyers (6.4 km)
- Lakes Entrance (7.7 km)
- Kalimna (10.2 km)
- Kalimna West (11.1 km)
- Nowa Nowa (11.3 km)
- Tostaree (13.5 km)
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Streets
- Byrnes Track (1)
- Casey Creek Road (17)
- Cottage Lane (5)
- Devils Hole Track (1)
- Hendersons Road (6)
- Hendries Lane (5)
- Kents Road (3)
- Lake Tyers Beach Road (8)
- Lens Road (6)
- Mill Point Road (58)
- Neal Road (7)
- Old Princes Highway (8)
- Princes Highway (14)
- Raapita Road (2)
- Rules Road (45)
- South Boundary Road (1)
- Tamar Close (12)
- Toorloo Arm Road (18)
- Veldens Road (28)
- Vogrigs Road (6)
- Walkers Lane (5)
- Wattle Track (6)
