Woolsthorpe VIC 3276
234 addresses · 33 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Woolsthorpe · 224 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Woolsthorpe is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 364 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,548 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Moyne - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Woolsthorpe itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 post office
Getting around. Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 13.6 km south.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Woolsthorpe.
- Warrnambool Olympic Pistol Club Shooting Sports
- Woolsthorpe Recreation Reserve Cricket
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: 1.9% 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 | 1.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 67.3%
Population by age in Woolsthorpe
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 31 |
| 25-34 | 36 |
| 35-44 | 37 |
| 45-54 | 46 |
| 55-64 | 75 |
| 65-74 | 53 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Woolsthorpe
| House | 142 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Woolsthorpe
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 57 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Woolsthorpe
| Australian | 181 |
|---|---|
| English | 163 |
| Irish | 69 |
| Scottish | 50 |
| German | 25 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
Housing tenure in Woolsthorpe
| Owned | 65 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 50 |
| Rented | 20 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Woolsthorpe
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 64 |
| 3 | 27 |
| 4+ | 27 |
Commute to work in Woolsthorpe
| Car | 129 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 39 |
Top countries of birth in Woolsthorpe
| New Zealand | 8 |
|---|---|
| England | 7 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
170 bird observations recorded near Woolsthorpe — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (23)
- Little Raven (14)
- Common Starling (10)
- Eurasian Skylark (10)
- Long-billed Corella (10)
- Galah (9)
- House Sparrow (9)
- Brown Falcon (8)
- Australian Wood Duck (7)
- Eurasian Blackbird (6)
- Forest Raven (5)
- New Holland Honeyeater (5)
- Australian Shelduck (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Woolsthorpe
- Black-shouldered Kite (4)
- Nankeen Kestrel (4)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (4)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (4)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (3)
- Grey Fantail (3)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (3)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (3)
- Superb Fairy-wren (3)
- Welcome Swallow (3)
- White-necked Heron (3)
- Willie Wagtail (3)
- Black Falcon (2)
- Brolga (2)
- Brown Thornbill (2)
- Collared Sparrowhawk (2)
- Eastern Galah (2)
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 Woolsthorpe:
- Winslow (8.1 km)
- Warrong (12.3 km)
- Minjah (13 km)
- Grassmere (13.1 km)
- Yarpturk (13.3 km)
- Mailors Flat (13.4 km)
- Southern Cross (14.5 km)
- Hawkesdale (14.5 km)
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Streets
- Ashgrove Road (4)
- Bostocks Road (5)
- Bromfields Road (3)
- Burma Road (5)
- Camerons Road (6)
- Carmichael Street (4)
- Davidson Street (5)
- Emmersons Road (1)
- Gilberts Road (1)
- Grassmere-hexham Road (8)
- Gunns Road (2)
- Harris Road (13)
- Kennedy Street (13)
- Koroit-woolsthorpe Road (10)
- Latta Street (5)
- Leman Road (5)
- Leman Street (6)
- Luffman Street (7)
- Manifold Street (36)
- Mt Taurus Road (3)
- Nicholson Street (4)
- Porter Street (10)
- Railway Road (1)
- Reeves Road (1)
- Richardson Street (3)
- Slatterys Road (3)
- Spring Creek Road (11)
- Warrnambool-caramut Road (19)
- Water Street (1)
- Wickham Road (11)
- Woolsthorpe-ballangeich Road (8)
- Woolsthorpe-hexham Road (13)
- Woolsthorpe-heywood Road (7)
