Avalon VIC 3212

Living Here

Avalon is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 255 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,775 a week, with median rent near $398 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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: Avalon itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Lara Lake Primary School
  • Lara Secondary College
  • Lara Primary School
• 3 parks

  • Hovell Creek Reserve
  • Goldfinch Reserve
  • Limeburners Lagoon Nature Reserve
• 1 beach

  • Limeburners Lagoon Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
• 2 dentists

  • Lara Village Dental
  • Dazzling Smiles Dental
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Your Health Physio
• 1 optometrist

  • New Vision Eyewear Lara
• 5 hospitals

  • McKellar Centre
  • University Hospital Geelong - Building B
  • Barwon Health - University Hospital Geelong
  • St John of God Geelong Hospital
  • Barwon Health - Newcomb
• 2 vets

  • Lara Pet Hospital
  • Vets of Geelong
• 3 libraries

  • Lara Library
  • Hawker Library
  • Panckridge Library
• 1 post office

  • Lara Post Office
• 1 service station

  • APCO
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Lara Health and Fitness Centre
  • Anytime Fitness
• 1 golf club

  • Elcho Park Golf Course
• 1 dog park

  • Lara Dog Park
• 1 bakery

  • Rod's Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • Lara Quality Meats
• 4 mechanics

  • Lara Automotive & Servicing
  • JM Autotech
  • Always There Automotive
  • Pete's Car & 4wd Centre

Getting around. Train station: Lara, 3.6 km north-west · Airport: Avalon Airport, 3.5 km north-east.

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Sport & Recreation

1 facility recorded in Avalon.

• Geelong Motor Sports Complex Motor Sports

Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 1.2% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 56.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

51,923 bird observations recorded near Avalon — most often seen:

• House Sparrow (3,051)
• Common Starling (3,021)
• Silver Gull (2,524)
• Little Raven (2,465)
• Chestnut Teal (2,456)
• Magpie-lark (2,240)
• Little Pied Cormorant (2,034)
• Willie Wagtail (2,012)
• Masked Lapwing (1,907)
• White-faced Heron (1,903)
• Australian Magpie (1,898)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,867)
• Welcome Swallow (1,866)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Avalon:

• Lara (5.3 km)
• Point Wilson (5.8 km)
• Corio (7.3 km)
• North Shore (7.9 km)
• Norlane (8.8 km)
• Lovely Banks (9.7 km)
• Rippleside (11 km)
• Bell Park (11 km)

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