West Creek VIC 3992
59 addresses · 8 streets
Monash Electorate › Bass Coast LGA › West Creek · 99 km from Melbourne
Living Here
West Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 113 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,406 a week, with median rent near $210 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 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: West Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
1 vet
1 golf club
1 hardware store
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: 4.6% 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 | 4.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in West Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in West Creek
| House | 43 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in West Creek
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in West Creek
| English | 56 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 44 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Italian | 13 |
| German | 4 |
Housing tenure in West Creek
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in West Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in West Creek
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,687 bird observations recorded near West Creek — most often seen:
- Black Swan (307)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (248)
- Australian White Ibis (227)
- Eurasian Coot (224)
- Pacific Black Duck (200)
- Superb Fairy-wren (196)
- Australian Magpie (190)
- Little Pied Cormorant (186)
- Welcome Swallow (184)
- Common Starling (181)
- Great Cormorant (170)
- European Goldfinch (164)
- Eurasian Blackbird (153)
Show all 30 birds recorded near West Creek
- White-faced Heron (153)
- Straw-necked Ibis (147)
- Little Black Cormorant (145)
- Royal Spoonbill (142)
- Chestnut Teal (139)
- Australian Shelduck (135)
- Little Raven (131)
- Masked Lapwing (131)
- Grey Fantail (130)
- Dusky Moorhen (127)
- Magpie-lark (120)
- House Sparrow (109)
- Common Myna (95)
- Red Wattlebird (93)
- Brown Thornbill (88)
- Great Egret (86)
- Musk Duck (86)
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 West Creek:
- Archies Creek (3.9 km)
- North Wonthaggi (4.7 km)
- St Clair (4.7 km)
- Ryanston (4.9 km)
- Lance Creek (5.4 km)
- Dalyston (5.9 km)
- South Dudley (6 km)
- Glen Alvie (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Glen Alvie Road (2)
- Hickey Road (3)
- Korumburra-wonthaggi Road (4)
- Loch-wonthaggi Road (5)
- Miles Road (8)
- Pinkerton Road (3)
- Powlett Road (1)
- West Creek Road (33)
