Upper Gundowring VIC 3691
78 addresses · 7 streets
Indi Electorate › Alpine LGA › Upper Gundowring · 236 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Upper Gundowring is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 120 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,593 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bright - Mount Beauty statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Upper Gundowring itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Porepunkah Airport, 27.4 km south-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: 58.4% 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 | 58.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Upper Gundowring
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Upper Gundowring
| House | 42 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Upper Gundowring
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Upper Gundowring
| Australian | 56 |
|---|---|
| English | 46 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| German | 12 |
| Other | 8 |
Housing tenure in Upper Gundowring
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Upper Gundowring
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Upper Gundowring
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Upper Gundowring
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
768 bird observations recorded near Upper Gundowring — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (42)
- Australasian Grebe (36)
- Australian Wood Duck (35)
- Red-browed Finch (34)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (33)
- Pacific Black Duck (32)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (30)
- Laughing Kookaburra (29)
- Australian Magpie (28)
- Crimson Rosella (28)
- Galah (25)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (25)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (25)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Gundowring
- Yellow Thornbill (25)
- Australian Raven (24)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (24)
- Eastern Galah (24)
- Grey Fantail (24)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (24)
- Western Yellow Thornbill (23)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (22)
- Magpie-lark (21)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
- Brown Thornbill (20)
- Welcome Swallow (20)
- White-faced Heron (20)
- European Goldfinch (19)
- Southern Magpie-lark (19)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (18)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (18)
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 Upper Gundowring:
- Running Creek (3.3 km)
- Dederang (7.5 km)
- Mongans Bridge (7.6 km)
- Kancoona (9.9 km)
- Coral Bank (11.2 km)
- Kergunyah South (11.3 km)
- Glen Creek (15.8 km)
- Eskdale (16.9 km)
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Streets
- Ashmead Lane (3)
- Bohuns Lane (3)
- Gundowring Road (24)
- Keegans Lane (1)
- Larkin Lane (2)
- Mullagong Lane (2)
- Mullagong Road (43)
