Traralgon VIC 3844
16,297 addresses · 628 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Latrobe (Vic.) LGA › Traralgon · 144 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
The largest town in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, Traralgon is a regional service and energy centre. Households average 2.3 people and the median age is 39. Median household income is $1,484 a week, and at about $275 rent is very affordable.
Traralgon is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 26,907 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,484 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $507,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Traralgon statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Traralgon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
13 schools
- St Michael's Primary School
- Grey Street Primary School
- Stockdale Road Primary School
- Traralgon College Senior Campus
- Latrobe Special Development School
- Lavalla Catholic College St Paul's Campus
- Kosciuszko Street Primary School
- St Paul's Anglican Grammar School Traralgon Campus
- Lavalla Catholic College Kildare Campus
- St Gabriel's Primary School
5 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
3 pharmacies
5 doctors & medical clinics
1 physiotherapist
1 optometrist
2 hospitals
2 childcare & kindergartens
2 post offices
2 golf clubs
1 playground
1 dog park
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
2 hairdressers
Getting around. Train station: Traralgon, 750 m south-east · Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 5.8 km west.
Sport & Recreation
19 facilities recorded in Traralgon, the first 10 below.
- Agnes Brereton Park Netball
- Apex Park Australian Rules Football, Cricket
- Body and Soul Group Fitness Centre Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts
- Catterick Crescent Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket
- Curves Traralgon Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts
- Duncan Cameron Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket
- Harold Preston Reserve Athletics, Soccer
- Hubert Osborne Reserve Croquet
- Kevin Lythgo Park Baseball
- Traralgon BMX Track BMX
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: 6.5% 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 | 6.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 59.6%
Population by age in Traralgon
| 0-4 | 1,607 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3,388 |
| 15-19 | 1,545 |
| 20-24 | 1,489 |
| 25-34 | 3,806 |
| 35-44 | 3,347 |
| 45-54 | 3,048 |
| 55-64 | 3,330 |
| 65-74 | 2,890 |
| 75-84 | 1,727 |
| 85+ | 726 |
Dwelling types in Traralgon
| House | 9,085 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 496 |
| Apartment | 975 |
| Other | 58 |
Households by weekly income in Traralgon
| <$650 | 2,000 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 2,999 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3,133 |
| $3,000+ | 1,761 |
Top ancestries in Traralgon
| English | 10,820 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 10,481 |
| Scottish | 3,099 |
| Irish | 2,744 |
| Ancestry NS | 1,872 |
| Other | 1,711 |
Housing tenure in Traralgon
| Owned | 3,629 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3,923 |
| Rented | 2,767 |
| Other | 149 |
Cars per household in Traralgon
| 0 | 631 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3,927 |
| 2 | 4,056 |
| 3 | 1,237 |
| 4+ | 629 |
Commute to work in Traralgon
| Car | 8,886 |
|---|---|
| Train | 16 |
| Bus | 63 |
| Tram/ferry | 3 |
| Walked | 219 |
| Bicycle | 33 |
| Home | 1,411 |
Top countries of birth in Traralgon
| England | 666 |
|---|---|
| India | 326 |
| New Zealand | 282 |
| Philippines | 205 |
| Netherlands | 184 |
| Scotland | 174 |
Languages used at home in Traralgon
| Italian | 185 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 140 |
| Malayalam | 129 |
| Greek | 124 |
| Punjabi | 109 |
| Filipino | 85 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
15,335 bird observations recorded near Traralgon — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (857)
- Pacific Black Duck (826)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (762)
- Common Starling (711)
- Red Wattlebird (698)
- Eurasian Coot (693)
- Magpie-lark (681)
- Little Raven (675)
- Dusky Moorhen (648)
- Chestnut Teal (645)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (600)
- Eurasian Blackbird (594)
- Australian Wood Duck (564)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Traralgon
- Superb Fairy-wren (528)
- Common Myna (489)
- Pied Currawong (477)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (472)
- Grey Fantail (438)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (387)
- Black Swan (382)
- Brown Thornbill (380)
- Welcome Swallow (369)
- Grey Teal (368)
- White-faced Heron (360)
- Little Pied Cormorant (334)
- Masked Lapwing (316)
- Laughing Kookaburra (290)
- Noisy Miner (275)
- Hardhead (260)
- Little Black Cormorant (256)
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 Traralgon:
- Traralgon East (3.6 km)
- Glengarry West (6.5 km)
- Tyers (7.1 km)
- Loy Yang (8.2 km)
- Glengarry (8.6 km)
- Hazelwood North (9.7 km)
- Maryvale (10 km)
- Morwell (11.1 km)
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Streets
- Webb Street (23)
- Welch Court (9)
- Wellington Drive (21)
- Wentworth Place (9)
- West Court (15)
- Westminster Street (18)
- Wexford Close (14)
- Wheeldon Court (10)
- Whitney Lane (5)
- Whittakers Road (30)
- Wicklow Street (15)
- Widdis Place (1)
- Wilga Crescent (28)
- Willaroo Court (8)
- William Cuthill Court (5)
- William Terrace (11)
- Williams Court (16)
- Willis Crescent (16)
- Willow Court (8)
- Windsor Court (7)
- Wirilda Crescent (107)
- Wood Court (13)
- Wotan Court (15)
- Wylah Court (7)
- Wyndham Court (13)
- Yale Way (5)
- York Court (4)
- Zanella Rise (9)
