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Rural West

About the profile areas

The 2023 Estimated Resident Population for Rural West is 2,547, with a population density of 6.56 persons per square km.

Location and boundaries

Rural West is bounded by the localities of Loch, Korumburra, Kardella and Leongatha and the Tarwin River West Branch in the north, the localities of Koorooman, Dumbalk and Meeniyan in the east, the localities of Tarwin and Pound Creek, the Bass Highway, Wares Road, Meeks Road, Outtrim-Inverloch Road, Scotts Estate Road, Stewarts Road, Inverloch-Kongwak Road and Bass Coast Shire in the south, and Korumburra-Wonthaggi Road, Bena-Kongwak Road, Sheepways Road and Bass Coast Shire in the west.

Profile areas
Rural West

Included areas

  • Rural West encompasses the localities of Bena,
  • Jumbunna,
  • Kardella South,
  • Koonwarra,
  • Korumburra South,
  • Leongatha South,
  • Moyarra and Whitelaw,
  • The South Gippsland Shire parts of the localities of Kongwak,
  • Krowera and Outtrim,
  • most of the locality of Jeetho,
  • and parts of the localities of Nerrena and Pound Creek.
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