Chapple Vale VIC 3239
52 addresses · 7 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Chapple Vale · 172 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Chapple Vale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 42 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,937 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Ancestry NS. 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 Otway statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Chapple Vale 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: 75.7% 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 | 75.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 87.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Chapple Vale
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Chapple Vale
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Chapple Vale
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Chapple Vale
| English | 13 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Italian | 6 |
| Australian | 5 |
| Irish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Chapple Vale
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Chapple Vale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Chapple Vale
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
889 bird observations recorded near Chapple Vale — most often seen:
- Eastern Yellow Robin (54)
- Brown Thornbill (51)
- Grey Fantail (45)
- Crescent Honeyeater (44)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (44)
- White-browed Scrubwren (42)
- Superb Fairy-wren (41)
- Pied Currawong (37)
- Silvereye (37)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (36)
- White-throated Treecreeper (34)
- Crimson Rosella (33)
- Laughing Kookaburra (33)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Chapple Vale
- Satin Bowerbird (32)
- Southern Boobook (27)
- Red Wattlebird (25)
- Australian Magpie (24)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (24)
- Eastern Spinebill (23)
- Brush Bronzewing (22)
- Little Raven (22)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (22)
- Forest Raven (20)
- Bassian Thrush (19)
- Striated Thornbill (19)
- Australian King-parrot (17)
- Grey Butcherbird (17)
- Galah (15)
- Magpie-lark (15)
- Spotted Pardalote (15)
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 Chapple Vale:
- Kennedys Creek (5.4 km)
- Gellibrand Lower (8.8 km)
- Lavers Hill (9.7 km)
- Yuulong (11 km)
- Princetown (11.2 km)
- Carlisle River (13.1 km)
- Wattle Hill (13.4 km)
- Wyelangta (13.5 km)
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Streets
- Bones Track (3)
- Devondale Road (10)
- Gellibrand River Road (19)
- King Track (3)
- Lavers Hill-cobden Road (12)
- Montys Track (1)
- Sand Pit Road (4)