Ventnor VIC 3922
1,374 addresses · 63 streets
Monash Electorate › Bass Coast LGA › Ventnor · 75 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Ventnor is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 982 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $328 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $880,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Phillip Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ventnor itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 beaches
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 vet
1 library
1 post office
2 golf clubs
1 playground
1 hardware store
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Stony Point, 11.1 km north · Ferry wharf: Cowes Jetty, 5.7 km north-east · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 55 km north.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Ventnor.
- Phillip Island Circuit Cycling
- Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Motor Sports
- Ventnor Common Equestrian
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: 6.9% 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 | 6.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 50.4%
Population by age in Ventnor
| 0-4 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 104 |
| 15-19 | 37 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 62 |
| 35-44 | 81 |
| 45-54 | 116 |
| 55-64 | 208 |
| 65-74 | 209 |
| 75-84 | 101 |
| 85+ | 27 |
Dwelling types in Ventnor
| House | 397 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ventnor
| <$650 | 75 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 145 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 109 |
| $3,000+ | 63 |
Top ancestries in Ventnor
| English | 420 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 368 |
| Irish | 157 |
| Scottish | 137 |
| Ancestry NS | 68 |
| German | 51 |
Housing tenure in Ventnor
| Owned | 226 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 112 |
| Rented | 55 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Ventnor
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 120 |
| 2 | 168 |
| 3 | 67 |
| 4+ | 42 |
Commute to work in Ventnor
| Car | 213 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 118 |
Top countries of birth in Ventnor
| England | 57 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 22 |
| Germany | 11 |
| Scotland | 10 |
| Greece | 7 |
| Netherlands | 6 |
Languages used at home in Ventnor
| Greek | 6 |
|---|---|
| French | 3 |
| Italian | 3 |
| Polish | 3 |
| Portuguese | 3 |
| Spanish | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
46,680 bird observations recorded near Ventnor — most often seen:
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,881)
- Little Raven (2,452)
- Cape Barren Goose (2,388)
- Black Swan (2,316)
- Australian White Ibis (2,052)
- Masked Lapwing (2,035)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,730)
- Chestnut Teal (1,666)
- Welcome Swallow (1,665)
- Silver Gull (1,652)
- Australian Magpie (1,553)
- Eurasian Coot (1,517)
- Swamp Harrier (1,506)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ventnor
- White-faced Heron (1,480)
- Straw-necked Ibis (1,404)
- Red Wattlebird (1,393)
- Common Starling (1,391)
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,384)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,328)
- Little Wattlebird (1,320)
- Pacific Gull (1,293)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,291)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,226)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (1,221)
- Grey Fantail (1,138)
- Australian Shelduck (1,117)
- Willie Wagtail (1,112)
- Brown Thornbill (1,062)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (1,056)
- Musk Duck (1,051)
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 Ventnor:
- Cowes (4.4 km)
- Wimbledon Heights (4.7 km)
- Summerlands (6.2 km)
- Smiths Beach (7.4 km)
- Silverleaves (7.5 km)
- Sunset Strip (8 km)
- Somers (8.8 km)
- Sunderland Bay (9.2 km)
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Streets
- Alandale Close (24)
- Aloha Drive (19)
- Anchorage Road (58)
- Angelina Avenue (25)
- Back Beach Road (26)
- Bembridge Crescent (25)
- Berrys Beach Road (11)
- Bingley Crescent (42)
- Boat Creek Road (13)
- Bowcombe Crescent (18)
- Cadogan Avenue (44)
- Chatsworth Avenue (17)
- Crafers Crescent (9)
- Davie Lane (2)
- Devon Avenue (7)
- Durham Street (8)
- Elizabeth Cove Close (6)
- Evans Drive (10)
- Fisher Street (33)
- Flinders Street (16)
- Ford Street (2)
- Gap Road (3)
- Glamis Road (11)
- Glyndon Avenue (20)
- Graydens Road (29)
- Griffiths Street (8)
- Grossard Point Road (63)
- Gurnard Avenue (17)
- Harris Road (55)
- Hastings Street (20)
- Henderson Street (27)
- Heyley Avenue (29)
- Hilary Close (15)
- King Street (22)
- Kitty Millers Bay Road (5)
- Lyall Street (91)
- Lymington Avenue (33)
- Mchaffie Street (15)
- Mchaffies Lane (5)
- Mountainview Avenue (34)
- Nareeb Court (8)
- Ophir Avenue (15)
- Pall Mall (48)
- Phillip Street (6)
- Pyramid Rock Road (12)
- Regent Drive (10)
- Richardson Way (38)
- Seabreeze Court (7)
- Seacombe Grove (27)
- Seahaven Drive (45)
- Shalfleet Avenue (22)
- Sidford Street (19)
- St Andrews Drive (23)
- The Crest (9)
- The Esplanade (22)
- Troutmans Road (2)
- Tyro Street (15)
- Ventnor Beach Road (39)
- Ventnor Boulevard (26)
- Ventnor Road (37)
- Victoria Road (7)
- Watts Road (17)
- Wiltshire Road (3)
