Metung, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Metung is a small village in East Gippsland, Victoria, set on a narrow peninsula between Lake King and Bancroft Bay on the Gippsland Lakes, about 314 kilometres east of Melbourne. The district lies on the country of the Gunaikurnai people. Today Metung is chiefly a holiday and boating destination: its sheltered waters, marina and waterfront wharf draw yachts and cruisers, and the village supports a golf club, hotel and a cluster of cafes and galleries. Surrounded on three sides by water, it has a relaxed maritime character, and the lakes system on which it sits is among the largest networks of inland waterways in Australia.
Around the national middle
Metung is more socio-economically advantaged than about 56% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 998, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Metung a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Metung from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
56/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (56/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
32/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $346 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 32% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Metung at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,899
- Median age
- 60
- Median weekly household income
- $1,219
- SEIFA score
- 998
- Local government area
- East Gippsland
- Coordinates
- -37.8647, 147.8457
Map of Metung
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Housing & property in Metung
What it costs to live in Metung and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $346
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,300
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 83%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 15%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Metung demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Metung demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Metung using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 38% and 19% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 222 | 12% |
| Youth (15–24) | 92 | 5% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 253 | 13% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 593 | 31% |
| Seniors (65+) | 725 | 38% |
Share of the 1,885 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 457 | 57% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 206 | 26% |
| Rented | 120 | 15% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 787 | 98% |
| Townhouses & semis | 13 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 804 occupied private dwellings in Metung.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,370
- Median weekly personal income
- $617
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 334 (19%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 55 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 20 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 823 (50%)
- Labour-force participation
- 46%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.9%
- Employed full-time
- 346
- Employed part-time
- 329
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Metung
Is Metung a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Metung rates 48/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Metung?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Metung was $346, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Metung?
Metung is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the East Gippsland local government area.
What is the population of Metung?
At the 2021 Census, Metung had a population of about 1,899.
Is Metung an advantaged area?
Metung has an ABS SEIFA score of 998, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 56 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 56% of Australian suburbs.
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