Birregurra VIC 3242
782 addresses · 56 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Birregurra · 118 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Birregurra is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 942 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,521 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $700,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Colac Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Birregurra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 cafés & restaurants
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 post office
1 gym
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 hardware store
1 hairdresser
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Birregurra, 1 km north-west · Airport: Colac Airport, 11.1 km north-west.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Birregurra.
- Birregurra Bowls Club Lawn Bowls
- Birregurra Golf Course Golf
- Birregurra Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)
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.
Median Sale Prices
Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 6.8% 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 | 6.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 63.8%
Population by age in Birregurra
| 0-4 | 65 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 120 |
| 15-19 | 43 |
| 20-24 | 33 |
| 25-34 | 104 |
| 35-44 | 125 |
| 45-54 | 110 |
| 55-64 | 140 |
| 65-74 | 147 |
| 75-84 | 52 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Birregurra
| House | 363 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Birregurra
| <$650 | 58 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 101 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 123 |
| $3,000+ | 56 |
Top ancestries in Birregurra
| English | 430 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 387 |
| Irish | 169 |
| Scottish | 162 |
| Ancestry NS | 49 |
| German | 35 |
Housing tenure in Birregurra
| Owned | 154 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 143 |
| Rented | 55 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Birregurra
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 106 |
| 2 | 165 |
| 3 | 39 |
| 4+ | 40 |
Commute to work in Birregurra
| Car | 276 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 29 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 97 |
Top countries of birth in Birregurra
| England | 26 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 18 |
| Scotland | 13 |
| Netherlands | 9 |
| Egypt | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
Languages used at home in Birregurra
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,048 bird observations recorded near Birregurra — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (650)
- Little Raven (537)
- Red Wattlebird (436)
- Superb Fairy-wren (405)
- Pacific Black Duck (357)
- Masked Lapwing (295)
- White-faced Heron (274)
- Welcome Swallow (249)
- New Holland Honeyeater (247)
- Magpie-lark (245)
- Common Starling (237)
- Black Swan (227)
- Willie Wagtail (223)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Birregurra
- Crimson Rosella (221)
- White-necked Heron (212)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (201)
- Grey Teal (200)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (199)
- Brown Falcon (170)
- Straw-necked Ibis (170)
- Eurasian Blackbird (169)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (155)
- Galah (148)
- House Sparrow (148)
- Grey Fantail (136)
- Brolga (121)
- Australian White Ibis (118)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (108)
- Brown Thornbill (97)
- Australian Wood Duck (93)
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 Birregurra:
- Whoorel (5.4 km)
- Warncoort (7.3 km)
- Murroon (9.9 km)
- Yeodene (10.2 km)
- Deans Marsh (11.4 km)
- Irrewarra (12.6 km)
- Pennyroyal (12.7 km)
- Yeo (13.4 km)
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Streets
- Amiets Road (3)
- Anderson Street (15)
- Austin Street (9)
- Ayreys Reserve Road (5)
- Barry Street (29)
- Barwon Street (1)
- Beal Street (32)
- Birregurra Road (29)
- Birregurra-deans Marsh Road (9)
- Birregurra-forrest Road (16)
- Birregurra-yeodene Road (18)
- Bowden Street (23)
- Brickmakers Road (2)
- Bushy Park Road (2)
- Cape Otway Road (32)
- Cemetery Road (1)
- Colac-lorne Road (5)
- Conns Lane (11)
- Darcys Lane (1)
- Darcys Road (5)
- Dunlops Road (16)
- Dunses Lane (1)
- Edmundson Street (11)
- Ennis Street (29)
- Fultons Lane (3)
- Government Road (2)
- Hallets Lane (1)
- Halletts Lane (2)
- Hinds Road (4)
- Hopkins Street (14)
- Jenner Street (43)
- Kettle Lane (4)
- Kildean Road (1)
- Lidgerwoods Lane (6)
- Lumeah Road (7)
- Main Street (82)
- Mcdonald Lane (1)
- Mcdonnells Road (7)
- Molesworth Street (17)
- Mooleric Road (5)
- Murrell Street (22)
- Nicholas Lane (6)
- Park Lane (1)
- Powers Lane (6)
- Prime Street (21)
- Princes Highway (36)
- Roadknight Street (40)
- Salt Creek Lane (4)
- Scouller Street (15)
- Skene Street (26)
- Sladen Street (30)
- Strachan Street (55)
- Talbot Road (1)
- Warncoort-birregurra Road (4)
- Whoorel Station Road (5)
- Whytcross Lane (6)
