Breakaway Creek VIC 3303
33 addresses · 12 streets
Wannon Electorate › Glenelg LGA › Breakaway Creek · 278 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Breakaway Creek is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 39 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $2,083 a week, with median rent near $168 a week. Most homes are houses. About 57% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Scottish, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Glenelg (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Breakaway Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 14.3% 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 | 14.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.3% · Labour-force participation 73.1%
Population by age in Breakaway Creek
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Breakaway Creek
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Breakaway Creek
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Breakaway Creek
| Australian | 22 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 14 |
| English | 13 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Breakaway Creek
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Breakaway Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Breakaway Creek
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,855 bird observations recorded near Breakaway Creek — most often seen:
- Black Swan (127)
- Eurasian Coot (91)
- Masked Lapwing (90)
- Pacific Black Duck (86)
- White-faced Heron (86)
- Welcome Swallow (84)
- Australian Magpie (83)
- Australian Shelduck (77)
- Grey Teal (76)
- Australian White Ibis (63)
- Little Pied Cormorant (63)
- Australian Pelican (59)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (59)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Breakaway Creek
- Magpie-lark (58)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (57)
- Whistling Kite (55)
- Little Raven (53)
- Chestnut Teal (51)
- Superb Fairy-wren (51)
- Great Egret (50)
- Australasian Grebe (47)
- Australian Wood Duck (47)
- Straw-necked Ibis (46)
- Australasian Shoveler (44)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (44)
- Musk Duck (43)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (43)
- Eurasian Skylark (42)
- Brolga (40)
- White-necked Heron (40)
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 Breakaway Creek:
- Knebsworth (6.5 km)
- Condah Swamp (7 km)
- Myamyn (7.8 km)
- Lake Condah (8 km)
- Milltown (8.8 km)
- Condah (9.9 km)
- Wallacedale (11 km)
- Homerton (11.8 km)
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Streets
- Boundary Road (7)
- Brians Road (2)
- Camerons Lane (4)
- Cannons Road (1)
- Collins Road (1)
- Condah Estate Road (4)
- Lake Condah Road (4)
- Malseeds Road (2)
- Myamyn-macarthur Road (4)
- Outlet Road (2)
- School Road (1)
- Vaughans Road (1)
