title: Ellerslie, Victoria
text: # Ellerslie, Victoria
  
  Ellerslie is a locality in western Victoria, Australia on the Hopkins Highway. The locality is in the Shire of Moyne local government area, in what is commonly known as the Western District.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As of the 2021 Australian census, 157 people resided in Ellerslie, up from 147 in the 2016 census.
  
  ## Traditional ownership
  
  The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Ellerslie sits are the Eastern Maar People who are represented by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation.
  
  ## Post office
  
  Ellerslie post office opened on 1 February 1869 and closed on 31 December 1991.
  
  