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VIC · East Gippsland Council

Wulgulmerang West, 3885

  • National parks
What Wulgulmerang West is known for: National parks

Suburb profile

In East Gippsland Council, Wulgulmerang West keeps a rural calm, a smaller community with room to breathe and a strong local rhythm. Trips to Melbourne are an outing, not a routine: neighbouring regional centres do more of the heavy lifting. The community skews younger.

The town centre holds its own, with enough local flavour to make staying close to home appealing. Local shops are sparse, so a fuller set of amenities usually means travelling to a neighbouring town or regional hub. Local green pockets are modest, with bigger outdoor outings usually found in neighbouring areas.

Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here than in denser, more walkable pockets. Housing sits in the middle of the local market: neither cheap nor premium.

At a glance

Wulgulmerang West snapshot

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

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Median rent

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Population (ERP)

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Dwelling vacancy

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Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
0
Median age
0
Median household income / week
$0
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 0
Median monthly mortgage
$0
Employment rate
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
0 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)

Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Community & culture

No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Family & Lifestyle

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

1 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Dawson-Murrindal Nature Conservation ReserveNature reserve

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Nearest hospital
Omeo District Health (47.5 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)

Hospitals and GP clinics

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
2
Participants per 1,000 residents
35.1

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
21° / 9°
Rainfall
210 mm · ~26 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
15° / 5°
Rainfall
217 mm · ~27 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
7° / 0°
Rainfall
220 mm · ~28 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
14° / 4°
Rainfall
280 mm · ~35 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay mapping.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Bushfire hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Gippsland
Member of Parliament
Darren CHESTER (The Nationals)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
118,075
Turnout (2025)
92.0%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+1.2 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 69.4%Labor 30.6%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 68.3 km away).

Coalition 73.3%Labor 26.7%

3.9 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +2.9 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • BuchanLabor 28.8% · Coalition 71.2% TPP (2025)30.4 km away
  • Swifts CreekLabor 31.0% · Coalition 69.0% TPP (2025)31.3 km away
  • OmeoLabor 19.0% · Coalition 81.0% TPP (2025)45.4 km away
  • Nowa NowaLabor 22.9% · Coalition 77.1% TPP (2025)54.9 km away
  • BruthenLabor 30.4% · Coalition 69.6% TPP (2025)56.5 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

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