Wattle Bank VIC 3995
201 addresses · 17 streets
Monash Electorate › Bass Coast LGA › Wattle Bank · 106 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Wattle Bank is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 250 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $204 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 4% 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 Wonthaggi - Inverloch statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wattle Bank itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 hospitals
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: 11.5% 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 | 11.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Wattle Bank
| 0-4 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 36 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 39 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 36 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wattle Bank
| House | 79 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wattle Bank
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 29 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 27 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Wattle Bank
| Australian | 108 |
|---|---|
| English | 102 |
| Irish | 43 |
| Scottish | 26 |
| Other | 19 |
| Italian | 18 |
Housing tenure in Wattle Bank
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 37 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wattle Bank
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Wattle Bank
| Car | 77 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Wattle Bank
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Wattle Bank
| Japanese | 4 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,252 bird observations recorded near Wattle Bank — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (403)
- Common Starling (400)
- Eurasian Blackbird (393)
- Red Wattlebird (384)
- Grey Fantail (380)
- Magpie-lark (380)
- Eastern Rosella (378)
- Superb Fairy-wren (376)
- Little Wattlebird (346)
- Common Myna (298)
- Welcome Swallow (295)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (293)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (292)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wattle Bank
- Eastern Spinebill (287)
- Grey Butcherbird (280)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (276)
- Galah (265)
- Laughing Kookaburra (261)
- Brown Thornbill (260)
- Little Raven (228)
- Australian Wood Duck (222)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (208)
- Australian White Ibis (203)
- Pacific Black Duck (202)
- Willie Wagtail (200)
- Australian Magpie (182)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (148)
- Chestnut Teal (144)
- White-faced Heron (142)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (126)
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 Wattle Bank:
- Lance Creek (4.2 km)
- St Clair (5 km)
- Inverloch (6.9 km)
- Kongwak (6.9 km)
- West Creek (8.5 km)
- Outtrim (8.9 km)
- Glen Alvie (9.1 km)
- North Wonthaggi (9.4 km)
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Streets
- Anthonys Road (8)
- Axfords Road (1)
- Daniels Road (8)
- Desmond Road (32)
- Forster Court (9)
- Hinterland Rise (17)
- Holloway Court (10)
- Inverloch-kongwak Road (14)
- Lynnes Road (41)
- Majestic Vista (10)
- Mc Dermott Way (4)
- Mccraws Road (25)
- Mcdermott Way (5)
- Muirs Road (1)
- Pennell Court (12)
- Rainbow Rise (3)
- Willombee View (1)
