Woodleigh VIC 3945
68 addresses · 12 streets
Monash Electorate › Bass Coast LGA › Woodleigh · 86 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Woodleigh is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 126 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 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: Woodleigh itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
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: 16.5% 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 | 16.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 53.8%
Population by age in Woodleigh
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 20 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Woodleigh
| House | 44 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Woodleigh
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Woodleigh
| Australian | 62 |
|---|---|
| English | 50 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Dutch | 6 |
Housing tenure in Woodleigh
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Woodleigh
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Woodleigh
| Car | 24 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Woodleigh
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,463 bird observations recorded near Woodleigh — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (119)
- Australian Magpie (118)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (118)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (106)
- Common Starling (102)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (102)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (102)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (100)
- Eurasian Blackbird (96)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (94)
- Grey Fantail (91)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (87)
- Crimson Rosella (85)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Woodleigh
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (84)
- Little Raven (81)
- Laughing Kookaburra (80)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (80)
- Brown Thornbill (78)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (74)
- White-throated Treecreeper (71)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (70)
- White-browed Scrubwren (67)
- Straw-necked Ibis (60)
- Welcome Swallow (59)
- Australian White Ibis (58)
- Eastern Scarlet Robin (57)
- Eastern Spinebill (57)
- Golden Whistler (57)
- Eastern Rosella (55)
- South-eastern Golden Whistler (55)
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 Woodleigh:
- The Gurdies (4.2 km)
- Kernot (5 km)
- Pioneer Bay (5.7 km)
- Grantville (7.1 km)
- Almurta (7.3 km)
- Krowera (7.9 km)
- Adams Estate (7.9 km)
- Loch (8.1 km)
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Streets
- Doherty Road (1)
- Edden Road (4)
- Gaws Road (3)
- Gurdies-st Helier Road (4)
- Loch-kernot Road (6)
- Nichol Road (1)
- Nyora-st Helier Road (18)
- Peacock Road (2)
- Short Road (1)
- Stewart Road (2)
- Williams Road (11)
- Woodleigh-st Helier Road (15)
