Victoria · Postcode 3858

Howitt Plains postcode and suburb data

Victoria · Phone area code 03 · 166 km from Melbourne

Outer Regional

Suburb snapshot

Howitt Plains at a glance

Key postcode, Census, SEIFA, school and LGA signals for Howitt Plains.

Quick facts

3858 Postcode See every suburb sharing this postcode

0 People Resident population, Census 2021

Wellington Council area 143 suburbs, 21 postcodes

Search postcode 3858 Compare with another suburb Wellington LGA map Nearest weather: Bright NDIS providers in Wellington

Where Howitt Plains ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of VIC suburbs; rents sit in the cheapest 10% in VIC.

ABS Census 2021 · SEIFA 2021

Howitt Plains is a locality 166 km from Melbourne in Victoria, classified as outer regional by the ABS. The postcode is 3858. It falls within the Latrobe - Gippsland region. The local government area is Wellington.

Howitt Plains is part of the Wellington statistical area in Victoria.

Howitt Plains details

Location, Census, housing, SEIFA and geography fields used across this profile.

Postcode	3858
State	Victoria (VIC)
Phone Area Code	03
Area	185.4 km²
Latitude	-37.2063
Longitude	146.686
Distance from Melbourne	166 km
Region (SA4)	Latrobe - Gippsland
Area (SA3)	Wellington
Local Government	Wellington
Federal Electorate	Gippsland
State Electorate	Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria)
Time Zone	AEST (UTC+10), Australia/Melbourne (standard time)

Suburbs Near Howitt Plains

Wonnangatta 13.8 km Billabong 13.9 km Reynard 17.5 km Abbeyard 21.7 km Mount Buller 22.0 km Arbuckle 22.1 km Wabonga 22.7 km Tamboritha 25.4 km Mirimbah 27.8 km Sawmill Settlement 30.0 km Crookayan 31.4 km Selwyn 31.8 km

Same Postcode (3858)

Arbuckle Billabong Buragwonduc Crookayan Dawson Denison Gillum Glen Falloch Glenfalloch Glenmaggie Heyfield Licola Licola North Reynard Sargood Seaton Tamboritha Winnindoo Worrowing Yangoura

More Howitt Plains Data

Wellington LGA 143 suburbs, 21 postcodes, 45,396 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Bright (58.3 km) NDIS Providers NDIS data for Wellington LGA

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.