Wensleydale VIC 3241
79 addresses · 13 streets
Wannon Electorate › Surf Coast LGA › Wensleydale · 100 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Wensleydale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,937 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lorne - Anglesea statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wensleydale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 32.4 km west.
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: 85.3% 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 | 85.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 92.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 61.3%
Population by age in Wensleydale
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wensleydale
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wensleydale
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Wensleydale
| English | 42 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 37 |
| Italian | 9 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| French | 6 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Wensleydale
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 22 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Wensleydale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Wensleydale
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Wensleydale
| England | 6 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Wensleydale
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,666 bird observations recorded near Wensleydale — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (508)
- Superb Fairy-wren (495)
- Grey Fantail (476)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (470)
- Brown Thornbill (462)
- Laughing Kookaburra (433)
- Red Wattlebird (430)
- Pied Currawong (411)
- White-eared Honeyeater (389)
- Eastern Spinebill (386)
- Crimson Rosella (385)
- White-throated Treecreeper (374)
- Australian Magpie (338)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wensleydale
- White-naped Honeyeater (327)
- New Holland Honeyeater (314)
- Australian King-parrot (301)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (301)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (291)
- Eurasian Blackbird (289)
- White-browed Scrubwren (288)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (261)
- Little Raven (221)
- Spotted Pardalote (221)
- Striated Pardalote (198)
- Welcome Swallow (192)
- Galah (186)
- Crescent Honeyeater (185)
- Striated Thornbill (185)
- Australian Wood Duck (182)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (167)
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 Wensleydale:
- Winchelsea South (4.8 km)
- Gherang (5.8 km)
- Wurdiboluc (6.3 km)
- Bambra (8.5 km)
- Boonah (10.3 km)
- Modewarre (11.5 km)
- Winchelsea (12.6 km)
- Paraparap (13 km)
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Streets
- Alsops Road (6)
- Bambra Road (3)
- Bambra-aireys Inlet Road (1)
- Breakfast Creek Road (4)
- Casboults Road (17)
- Clarkes Road (5)
- Gum Flats Road (7)
- Hammonds Road (1)
- Holloways Road (2)
- Knights Track (3)
- Old Telegraph Road (3)
- Wensleydale Station Road (23)
- Wormbete Station Road (4)
