Caramut VIC 3274
169 addresses · 27 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Caramut · 215 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Caramut is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 256 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Moyne - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Caramut itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 38.4 km south.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Caramut.
- Caramut Recreation Reserve 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: 1.5% 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 | 1.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.8% · Labour-force participation 56.9%
Population by age in Caramut
| 0-4 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 31 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 28 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 42 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Caramut
| House | 92 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Caramut
| <$650 | 29 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Caramut
| Australian | 109 |
|---|---|
| English | 96 |
| Irish | 52 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| German | 14 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
Housing tenure in Caramut
| Owned | 53 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 19 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Caramut
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 31 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Caramut
| Car | 53 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 35 |
Top countries of birth in Caramut
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Ireland | 5 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
420 bird observations recorded near Caramut — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (32)
- Black Swan (27)
- White-faced Heron (27)
- White-necked Heron (26)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (21)
- Grey Teal (21)
- Little Pied Cormorant (20)
- Masked Lapwing (18)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (17)
- Hardhead (16)
- Chestnut Teal (15)
- Australian White Ibis (14)
- House Sparrow (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Caramut
- Australian Wood Duck (12)
- Common Starling (11)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (11)
- Welcome Swallow (11)
- Dusky Moorhen (10)
- Little Raven (10)
- Eurasian Coot (9)
- European Goldfinch (9)
- Great Egret (9)
- Long-billed Corella (9)
- Australasian Shoveler (8)
- Australian Magpie (8)
- Red Wattlebird (8)
- Brown Falcon (7)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (7)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (7)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (7)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Boortkoi Estate Lane (6)
- Boortkoi Road (6)
- Brown Street (25)
- Burchetts Lane (5)
- Caramut-chatsworth Road (9)
- Estate Road (6)
- Four Mile Road (7)
- Furneaux Road (1)
- Gibson Street (7)
- Glenthompson-caramut Road (5)
- Greene Street (4)
- Hamilton Highway (19)
- Hawker Street (2)
- Jefferys Lane (5)
- Kidmans Lane (3)
- King Street (2)
- Lawrenny Road (1)
- Mckenzies Road (1)
- Minhamite-caramut Road (6)
- Mustons Lane (2)
- Palmer Street (6)
- Payne Street (7)
- Purdeet Road (3)
- Ritchie Street (19)
- Saw Mill Road (1)
- Surkitt Street (3)
- Warrnambool-caramut Road (8)
