Butchers Ridge Postcode

Victoria

Remote Bottom 20% SEIFA

3885

Postcode for Butchers Ridge, VIC
Phone area code: 03 · 297 km from Melbourne · Pop. 7

Population

Median Age

$900

Household Income/wk

$N/A

Median Rent/wk

2/10

SEIFA Advantage

32.6

Area (km²)

Income, rent and SEIFA figures are from the ABS 2021 Census and are reported in 2021 dollars, not adjusted for subsequent inflation.

Where Butchers Ridge ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of VIC suburbs; rents sit in the cheapest 10% in VIC; SEIFA decile 2 places it in the bottom 20% of Australia for socio-economic advantage.

How Butchers Ridge Compares

Butchers Ridge vs the VIC average and the national average (2021 Census, population-weighted).

Metric	Butchers Ridge	VIC avg	AU avg
Household income/wk	$900 -VIC	$1,817	$1,836
Median age	33	46.0	45.0
SEIFA decile	2/10 -VIC	6.0/10	6.0/10
Unemployment	0.0% -VIC	5.0%	5.0%

Green pill = at least 10% above the VIC average; red = at least 10% below; grey = within 10%. For unemployment, colour polarity is inverted: lower is better.

Butchers Ridge is a remote community in Victoria, with postcode 3885. It lies roughly 297 km from Melbourne, classified by the ABS as remote Australia. The area is administered by East Gippsland.

According to the 2021 Census, Butchers Ridge has a population of 7 with a median age of 33. The median weekly household income is $900, below the VIC average.

Housing in Butchers Ridge includes a 7 total dwellings. Housing costs in the area sit below the VIC average.

On the SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage, Butchers Ridge scores in decile 2 out of 10, which is well below the national average.

Butchers Ridge is part of the Gippsland - East statistical area in Victoria.

Butchers Ridge Details

Postcode	3885
State	Victoria (VIC)
Phone Area Code	03
Population (2021)	7
Median Age	33 years
Median Household Income (Census 2021)	$900/week
Median Personal Income (Census 2021)	$474/week
Average Household Size	2.7 persons
Area	32.6 km²
Population Density	0/km²
Total Dwellings	7
Australian Citizens	100.0%
Unemployment Rate	0.0%
SEIFA IRSAD Decile	2/10 (well below average)
Latitude	-37.2471181
Longitude	148.2507284
Distance from Melbourne	297 km
Region (SA4)	Latrobe - Gippsland
Area (SA3)	Gippsland - East
Local Government	East Gippsland
Federal Electorate	Gippsland

Age Profile

42.9%

0–14 (0.0%) 15–24 (0.0%) 25–44 (42.9%) 45–64 (0.0%) 65+ (0.0%)

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0–14 years	0 (0.0%)
15–24 years	0 (0.0%)
25–44 years	3 (42.9%)
45–64 years	0 (0.0%)
65+ years	0 (0.0%)

SEIFA Socio-economic Index

Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD), decile 2 of 10. Higher deciles indicate more advantage.

Suburbs Near Butchers Ridge

W Tree 8.4 km Gelantipy 11.1 km Wulgulmerang West 12.8 km Wulgulmerang East 16.6 km Murrindal 17.1 km Deddick Valley 23.4 km Yalmy 26.1 km Nunniong 26.4 km Wulgulmerang 26.6 km Brumby 30.3 km Buchan 30.4 km Reedy Flat 34.3 km

Same Postcode (3885)

Brumby Bruthen Buchan Buchan South Gelantipy Mossiface Murrindal Suggan Buggan Tambo Upper Timbarra W Tree Wiseleigh Wulgulmerang Wulgulmerang East Wulgulmerang West Yalmy

More Butchers Ridge Data

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Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, ACARA school profiles 2025. How this data is sourced.