Wy Yung VIC, 3875
Wy Yung Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Are you looking at Wy Yung, VIC 3875 to buy? It's a good first step to understand if it is a serious contender for your next home. The Homes.com.au suburb profile removes the guesswork by providing the Wy Yung property prices, market trends & demographics so that we can equip you in making the best decision on your next property move.
If you are making a move to Wy Yung, keep reading for a brief historical overview to discover more about the lifestyle and what the suburb has to offer.
Overview Wy Yung is a suburb in Victoria situated on Great Alpine Road and is within the local government of the Shire of East Gippsland. Neighbouring Wy Yung is Bairnsdale, Lucknow, Granite Rock, Ellaswood, Calulu, Lindenow, and Hillside.
As per the 2016 census, 1,675 people call Wy Yung their home.
Living in Wy Yung Wy Yung is partly a residential and partly a rural area. Most establishments in the suburb are found in its southeast, where there is a bakery, a children's playground, and the Wy Yung pub, which is the same location as the local hotel and a function centre. The Gippsland Grammar school is also located in the suburb. The school is adjacent to the Wy Yung footy and cricket ground, the home of the suburb's Australian Rules football team that competes in the East Gippsland Football League.
History of Wy Yung Wy Yung is an indigenous word that means "wild duck". European settlers first moved into the area around the 1860s. After a decade, Wy Yung's population had increased and was enough for a provision of two schools and a hotel. The town's first school was established in 1875 and was originally called "Doherty's Corner". The second school, Wy Yung West, opened the year after. A ferry service taking passengers across the Mitchell River in the same year also began.
The suburb remained as a farming district until the urban housing boom in the 1970s.
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