Walpa VIC 3875
126 addresses · 13 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Walpa · 216 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Walpa is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 157 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,600 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bruthen - Omeo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Walpa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 post office
1 golf club
1 butcher
Getting around. Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 16.6 km south-east.
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: 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 | 4.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 72.2%
Population by age in Walpa
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Walpa
| House | 62 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Walpa
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Walpa
| Australian | 64 |
|---|---|
| English | 58 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Other | 8 |
Housing tenure in Walpa
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Walpa
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Walpa
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Walpa
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 4 |
Languages used at home in Walpa
| Cantonese | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,801 bird observations recorded near Walpa — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (184)
- Black Swan (144)
- Grey Teal (140)
- Chestnut Teal (139)
- Australian Shelduck (136)
- Common Starling (132)
- Australian Wood Duck (113)
- Masked Lapwing (109)
- Hardhead (106)
- Australasian Grebe (103)
- Australian Magpie (100)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (98)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (96)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Walpa
- Eurasian Coot (95)
- Straw-necked Ibis (95)
- Magpie-lark (90)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (84)
- Southern Magpie-lark (79)
- White-faced Heron (75)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (71)
- Welcome Swallow (71)
- Superb Fairy-wren (67)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (66)
- Willie Wagtail (66)
- Grey Fantail (65)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (58)
- Australian White Ibis (57)
- Common Myna (57)
- Australasian Shoveler (54)
- Red Wattlebird (51)
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 Walpa:
- Lindenow (3.7 km)
- Woodglen (3.7 km)
- Wuk Wuk (4.5 km)
- Lindenow South (5.6 km)
- Flaggy Creek (7.1 km)
- Calulu (8.2 km)
- Iguana Creek (8.4 km)
- Glenaladale (8.9 km)
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Streets
- Alexanders Road (9)
- Bairnsdale-dargo Road (48)
- Bon Accord Road (10)
- Careys Road (3)
- Cowells Lane (7)
- Fernbank-glenaladale Road (8)
- Johnston Court (2)
- Lindenow-glenaladale Road (11)
- Lubys Road (10)
- Perrys Road (1)
- Reeves Lane (2)
- Snobbs Road (8)
- Wallers Lane (7)
