Wonga VIC 3960
61 addresses · 9 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Wonga · 143 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Wonga is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 44 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $250 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 Australian, English, German. 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 Foster statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wonga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 47.4 km north-east.
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: 61.3% 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 | 61.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 69.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Wonga
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Wonga
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wonga
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Wonga
| Australian | 18 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| German | 7 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Wonga
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wonga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Wonga
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Wonga
| Germany | 7 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Wonga
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,681 bird observations recorded near Wonga — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (98)
- Eurasian Blackbird (93)
- European Goldfinch (93)
- Crimson Rosella (90)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (89)
- Australian Magpie (82)
- Grey Fantail (75)
- Common Starling (66)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (66)
- Brown Thornbill (65)
- Welcome Swallow (64)
- Little Raven (63)
- White-browed Scrubwren (60)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wonga
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (50)
- Pacific Black Duck (47)
- Silvereye (47)
- White-faced Heron (44)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (42)
- Australian Raven (41)
- Red Wattlebird (41)
- Eastern Whipbird (40)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (40)
- Laughing Kookaburra (40)
- Magpie-lark (40)
- Grey Butcherbird (37)
- Eastern Spinebill (35)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (35)
- Golden Whistler (34)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (33)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (31)
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 Wonga:
- Woorarra West (3 km)
- Boolarong (3.2 km)
- Mount Best (4.3 km)
- Turtons Creek (5.8 km)
- Toora North (7.2 km)
- Bennison (7.5 km)
- Foster (7.6 km)
- Foster North (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Bakers Road (5)
- Beanhams Road (4)
- Boolarra-foster Road (9)
- Foster-mt Best Road (2)
- Grays Road (5)
- Mt Square Top Road (1)
- Popes Road (7)
- Wonga Road (7)
- Wonga Square Top Road (21)
