Tyers VIC 3844
472 addresses · 42 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Latrobe (Vic.) LGA › Tyers · 138 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Tyers is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 893 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,051 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yallourn North - Glengarry statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tyers itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
2 hospitals
1 childcare centre
1 service station
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Train station: Traralgon, 7.9 km south-east · Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 7.9 km south.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Tyers.
- Tyers Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 44% 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 | 44.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 57.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 66.4%
Population by age in Tyers
| 0-4 | 55 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 107 |
| 15-19 | 56 |
| 20-24 | 43 |
| 25-34 | 97 |
| 35-44 | 133 |
| 45-54 | 121 |
| 55-64 | 133 |
| 65-74 | 122 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Tyers
| House | 306 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tyers
| <$650 | 38 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 79 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 110 |
| $3,000+ | 75 |
Top ancestries in Tyers
| Australian | 398 |
|---|---|
| English | 369 |
| Irish | 107 |
| Scottish | 97 |
| Ancestry NS | 69 |
| German | 33 |
Housing tenure in Tyers
| Owned | 124 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 165 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Tyers
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 42 |
| 2 | 115 |
| 3 | 97 |
| 4+ | 52 |
Commute to work in Tyers
| Car | 332 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 62 |
Top countries of birth in Tyers
| England | 30 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Thailand | 5 |
| India | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Languages used at home in Tyers
| Japanese | 6 |
|---|---|
| Malayalam | 3 |
| Tagalog | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
27,614 bird observations recorded near Tyers — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (1,749)
- Red Wattlebird (1,629)
- Grey Fantail (1,336)
- Brown Thornbill (1,270)
- Crimson Rosella (1,244)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,230)
- Pied Currawong (1,186)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,047)
- Eastern Spinebill (1,040)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,022)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,004)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (985)
- Little Raven (964)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tyers
- Galah (917)
- Satin Bowerbird (874)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (857)
- Welcome Swallow (801)
- White-browed Scrubwren (781)
- Eurasian Blackbird (763)
- Eastern Rosella (752)
- White-throated Treecreeper (733)
- Australian King-parrot (682)
- Willie Wagtail (661)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (642)
- Spotted Pardalote (620)
- Grey Butcherbird (604)
- Magpie-lark (581)
- Silvereye (550)
- Striated Pardalote (548)
- Noisy Miner (542)
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 Tyers:
- Glengarry West (3.6 km)
- Boola (6.6 km)
- Traralgon (7.1 km)
- Maryvale (7.9 km)
- Glengarry (8.7 km)
- Glengarry North (8.8 km)
- Traralgon East (9.4 km)
- Yallourn North (10.4 km)
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Streets
- Aberdeen Court (5)
- Archbolds Lane (22)
- Bell Drive (5)
- Boola Views Road (14)
- Boulton Crescent (19)
- Bradys Road (9)
- Brown Coalmine Road (10)
- Cedar Court (5)
- Christensens Road (7)
- Community Lane (4)
- Cooloongatta Drive (16)
- Cowies Road (25)
- Cypress Court (7)
- Deys Road (7)
- Faulkner Rise (3)
- Fitzgibbons Road (18)
- Gilmours Road (2)
- Glengarry West Road (2)
- Guild Way (2)
- Halifax Rise (24)
- Hall Drive (2)
- Hensley Court (5)
- Hinde Road (4)
- Jeffrey Drive (5)
- John Henry Drive (13)
- Kyandra Drive (11)
- Lang Way (3)
- Littles Lane (8)
- Main Road (48)
- Mays Road (19)
- Monaro Drive (12)
- Mount Hope Road (20)
- Old Boola Road (3)
- Old Maffra Road (12)
- Plantation Court (18)
- Raffles Court (4)
- Sawyers Lane (3)
- Shekiniah Drive (7)
- Trovatello Place (22)
- Tyers Road (6)
- Tyers-walhalla Road (37)
- Woodland Drive (4)
