Waterholes VIC 3875
17 addresses · 5 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Waterholes · 243 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Waterholes is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 12 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $824 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Waterholes itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 96.7% 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 | 96.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 98.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Waterholes
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Waterholes
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Waterholes
| English | 10 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 3 |
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Waterholes
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Waterholes
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Waterholes
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,779 bird observations recorded near Waterholes — most often seen:
- White-naped Honeyeater (185)
- Australian Wood Duck (160)
- Wonga Pigeon (160)
- Pacific Black Duck (135)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (132)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (131)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (130)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (128)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (128)
- South-eastern Golden Whistler (128)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (128)
- Southern Superb Lyrebird (127)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (126)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waterholes
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (126)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (125)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (123)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (122)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (122)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (120)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (120)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (120)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (118)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (116)
- Eastern Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (115)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (114)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (112)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (111)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (109)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (108)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (100)
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 Waterholes:
- Fairy Dell (5.5 km)
- Deptford (6.2 km)
- Clifton Creek (8.9 km)
- Wiseleigh (10.4 km)
- Bruthen (12.2 km)
- Sarsfield (12.4 km)
- Double Bridges (12.6 km)
- Mossiface (13.4 km)
Embed this suburb
Add this free Waterholes stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Waterholes
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Archies Track (1)
- Morgans Road (1)
- Nicholson Creek Road (6)
- Wards Road (1)
- Waterholes Road (8)