Anakie VIC 3213
451 addresses · 32 streets
Corio Electorate › Greater Geelong LGA › Anakie · 63 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Anakie is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 734 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,940 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lara statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Anakie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 playground
Getting around. Airport: Avalon Airport, 22.5 km south-east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Anakie.
- Anakie Football/Netball Club Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 16.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 16.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 63.2%
Population by age in Anakie
| 0-4 | 36 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 110 |
| 15-19 | 38 |
| 20-24 | 33 |
| 25-34 | 71 |
| 35-44 | 85 |
| 45-54 | 110 |
| 55-64 | 121 |
| 65-74 | 90 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Anakie
| House | 247 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Anakie
| <$650 | 31 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 63 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 84 |
| $3,000+ | 68 |
Top ancestries in Anakie
| English | 314 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 310 |
| Scottish | 73 |
| Irish | 71 |
| Ancestry NS | 65 |
| German | 49 |
Housing tenure in Anakie
| Owned | 106 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 120 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Anakie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 37 |
| 2 | 87 |
| 3 | 67 |
| 4+ | 56 |
Commute to work in Anakie
| Car | 212 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 78 |
Top countries of birth in Anakie
| England | 33 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 10 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Vietnam | 4 |
| Croatia | 3 |
Languages used at home in Anakie
| Vietnamese | 8 |
|---|---|
| Russian | 5 |
| German | 3 |
| Italian | 3 |
| Serbian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,649 bird observations recorded near Anakie — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (273)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (247)
- Magpie-lark (247)
- House Sparrow (242)
- Red Wattlebird (240)
- Galah (231)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (229)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (217)
- New Holland Honeyeater (211)
- Willie Wagtail (203)
- Crimson Rosella (201)
- Superb Fairy-wren (201)
- Little Raven (192)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Anakie
- White-naped Honeyeater (190)
- Welcome Swallow (189)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (184)
- White-throated Treecreeper (180)
- Eastern Rosella (176)
- Common Starling (174)
- Grey Fantail (174)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (166)
- Laughing Kookaburra (160)
- Brown Thornbill (155)
- Scarlet Robin (153)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (143)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (141)
- Spotted Pardalote (137)
- Brown Falcon (134)
- White-winged Chough (133)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (126)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Anakie:
- Steiglitz (7.2 km)
- Maude (7.6 km)
- Staughton Vale (8.6 km)
- Sutherlands Creek (9.5 km)
- She Oaks (10.6 km)
- Russells Bridge (11.2 km)
- Lethbridge (11.9 km)
- Balliang (12.1 km)
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Streets
- Bacchus Marsh Road (11)
- Ballan Road (128)
- Brownes Road (19)
- Carrs Road (25)
- Church Lane (1)
- Clarkes Road (36)
- Clifton Road (4)
- Clifton View Road (12)
- Darlington Drive (29)
- De Motts Road (48)
- Deans Road (1)
- Durdidwarrah Road (7)
- Galatea Mine Road (4)
- Granite Road (11)
- Hams Lane (6)
- Harry Lane (4)
- Jollys Road (2)
- Loves Lane (4)
- Lynch Road (6)
- Manna Gum Place (10)
- Mooneys Lane (1)
- Mount Road (8)
- Old Boundary Road (10)
- Oneils Lane (22)
- Pringles Road (4)
- Sandhill Road (4)
- Selways Lane (1)
- Staceys Road (9)
- Staughton Vale Road (11)
- Sutherlands Creek Road (8)
- Watsons Road (1)
- Whytcrosses Road (4)
