Wangoom VIC 3279
99 addresses · 15 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Wangoom · 216 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Wangoom is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 237 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $2,104 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Irish, English. 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 Moyne - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wangoom itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Sherwood Park Railway Station, 6.8 km south-west · Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 12.9 km west.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Wangoom.
- Wangoom Recreation Reserve Cricket, Cycling
- Wangoom Recreation Reserve Cycling
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: 1.9% 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 | 1.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.7% · Labour-force participation 76.5%
Population by age in Wangoom
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 38 |
| 15-19 | 25 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 43 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wangoom
| House | 64 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wangoom
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 31 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Wangoom
| Australian | 104 |
|---|---|
| Irish | 76 |
| English | 62 |
| Scottish | 36 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| German | 8 |
Housing tenure in Wangoom
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wangoom
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 23 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Wangoom
| Car | 90 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Wangoom
| New Zealand | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
637 bird observations recorded near Wangoom — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (45)
- Superb Fairy-wren (42)
- Australian Bustard (35)
- Little Raven (29)
- New Holland Honeyeater (29)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (26)
- Common Starling (24)
- Dusky Moorhen (24)
- White-faced Heron (23)
- Eurasian Blackbird (22)
- Willie Wagtail (22)
- European Goldfinch (21)
- Pacific Black Duck (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wangoom
- Grey Fantail (20)
- Eurasian Skylark (19)
- Australian Shelduck (18)
- Australian White Ibis (17)
- Magpie-lark (17)
- Red-rumped Parrot (17)
- Australian Wood Duck (16)
- Chestnut Teal (16)
- Great Egret (16)
- Little Pied Cormorant (16)
- Long-billed Corella (15)
- Red Wattlebird (15)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (15)
- Welcome Swallow (15)
- Brown Thornbill (14)
- Galah (14)
- House Sparrow (14)
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 Wangoom:
- Purnim West (4.7 km)
- Cudgee (6.1 km)
- Bushfield (6.4 km)
- Allansford (6.6 km)
- Purnim (7.2 km)
- Woodford (8.5 km)
- Grassmere (8.6 km)
- Warrnambool (9.1 km)
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Streets
- Adams Road (2)
- Allansford-wangoom Road (4)
- Askews Lane (2)
- Hendersons Lane (2)
- Hopkins Falls Road (10)
- Hughs Road (6)
- Markwells Road (4)
- Osullivans Road (3)
- Spring Flat Road (11)
- St Marys Road (14)
- Staywood Road (1)
- Wangoom Road (11)
- Wangoom-warrumyea Road (16)
- Warrne Road (12)
- Wiggs Lane (1)
