IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 998
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 5 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
French Island
Victoria · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
French Island is a leafy residential suburb of Unincorporated Vic.
Household income
$1,015/wk11th pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
5/10029th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
No Valuer-General median for French Island.
Victoria's Valuer-General sales data is open, but we have no suburb median for French Island from it. ABS median established-house price, Greater Melbourne: $850k; Rest of Vic.: $625k.
How it compares
Household income / wk11th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Victoria and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
141
Median age
51 yrs
Income / person / wk
$441
Household income / wk
$1,015
▼ 36% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$346
Mortgage / month
$1,800
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 11%
- −22 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 23%
- −3 pts vs VIC
- Unemployment
- 5%
- level with VIC
- In the labour force
- 47%
- −15 pts vs VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 27%
- −2 pts vs VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 45%
- +22 pts vs VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 9%
- −3 pts vs VIC
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. VIC figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
56 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 100%
- Flat or apartment 0%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 68%
- Mortgaged 16%
- Rented 0%
- Other & not stated 16%
VIC: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 29% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 997
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 4 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 951
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,058
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 9 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
22 m
range 0–98 m
Land below 5 m
17%
8.0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. The Building Regulations' Designated Bushfire Prone Area, the like-for-like of NSW Bush Fire Prone Land; the narrower Bushfire Management Overlay is a separate planning control. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Conservation71%
- Rural29%
- Infrastructure & special purpose0.1%
- Open space & recreation<0.1%
In a heritage area
2.0%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: French Island and Sandstone Island Planning Scheme. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Source: Vicmap Planning zones; Vicmap Heritage Overlay.
Local amenities
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
1
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
15.2 km
Nearest train
12.8 km
Nearest hospital
15.7 km
Distance to coast
4.0 km
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 63%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 63%
- Born overseas
- 15%
- English only at home
- 87%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 0 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 15.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Unincorporated Vic
- Population
- 917 (2025) · -3.0% in a year
- Area / density
- 283 km² · 3/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 30 · $1,382/wk household income · $385/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2021-22)
- $1.9M
- Federal grants
- —
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2021-22. ABS data CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Flinders
- Federal MP
- Zoe McKenzie (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 55% 2PP
- State electorate
- Hastings
- State MP
- Paul Mercurio (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Designated Bushfire Prone Area, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Planning Scheme Zones, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Heritage Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.