Woodside Beach VIC 3874
327 addresses · 10 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › Woodside Beach · 194 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Woodside Beach is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 114 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,083 a week, with median rent near $236 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yarram statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Woodside Beach itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 beaches
1 playground
Getting around. Airport: West Sale Airport, 50.6 km north.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Woodside Beach.
- Woodside Beach Surf Life Saving Club Surf Life Saving
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: 7.9% 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 | 7.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 44.1%
Population by age in Woodside Beach
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 34 |
| 65-74 | 23 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Woodside Beach
| House | 53 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Woodside Beach
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Woodside Beach
| English | 62 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 28 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Other | 7 |
Housing tenure in Woodside Beach
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Woodside Beach
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Woodside Beach
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Woodside Beach
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,265 bird observations recorded near Woodside Beach — most often seen:
- Little Wattlebird (130)
- Superb Fairy-wren (128)
- Australian Magpie (125)
- Red Wattlebird (125)
- Grey Fantail (123)
- Eurasian Blackbird (119)
- Common Starling (108)
- Silver Gull (101)
- Welcome Swallow (95)
- Pacific Gull (87)
- Brown Thornbill (84)
- Silvereye (83)
- Common Myna (70)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Woodside Beach
- Grey Shrike-thrush (63)
- Magpie-lark (63)
- Black Swan (61)
- Australasian Gannet (60)
- Little Raven (59)
- White-browed Scrubwren (57)
- Willie Wagtail (54)
- New Holland Honeyeater (53)
- Crested Tern (52)
- Eurasian Skylark (51)
- Galah (51)
- Masked Lapwing (51)
- European Goldfinch (48)
- White-faced Heron (47)
- Whistling Kite (43)
- House Sparrow (38)
- Brown Falcon (36)
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 Woodside Beach:
- Woodside (9 km)
- Mcloughlins Beach (9.8 km)
- Darriman (11.4 km)
- Hunterston (17 km)
- Giffard West (18.3 km)
- Manns Beach (19.9 km)
- Woodside North (20.1 km)
- Giffard (22.3 km)
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Streets
- Ben Rendell Drive (1)
- Byrnes Road (26)
- Catherine Street (14)
- Gowrie Rise (13)
- Margaret Street (13)
- Panorama Drive (29)
- Patons Road (3)
- Rebecca Street (22)
- Richard Road (10)
- Woodside Beach Road (196)
