Demographics

Description

Garfield is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 69 km south-east of the Melbourne central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Garfield had a population of 1,466. Since the beginnings as a railway and timber town, and later a dairy and potato farming and orchard area, Garfield has always been a close community. Recent growth has seen a doubling of residential building. The farming land nearby has an influx of horse owners in recent years.