Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Cobden VIC 3266

1,249 addresses · 63 streets

Wannon Electorate › Corangamite LGA › Cobden · 175 km from Melbourne

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Cobden moving guide

Living Here

Cobden is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,804 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,162 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $355,000.

1,804Population
51Median age
$1,162Median household income / wk
$220Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Corangamite - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cobden itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 52.9 km east.

Run a business in Cobden? Get listed →

Sport & Recreation

7 facilities recorded in Cobden.

Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs1/10

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

$355,000House · 2024

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 7.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cobden

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Cobden VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20207.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20217.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 53%

Population by age in Cobden
Population by age, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-464
5-14217
15-1999
20-2478
25-34176
35-44142
45-54235
55-64270
65-74240
75-84196
85+88
Dwelling types in Cobden
Dwelling types, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House674
Townhouse56
Apartment0
Other3
Households by weekly income in Cobden
Households by weekly income, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$650179
$650-1,499240
$1,500-2,999186
$3,000+71
Top ancestries in Cobden
Top ancestries, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Australian855
English767
Irish221
Scottish183
Ancestry NS119
Dutch46
Housing tenure in Cobden
Housing tenure, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned344
Mortgage209
Rented148
Other16
Cars per household in Cobden
Cars per household, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
033
1235
2261
3119
4+77
Commute to work in Cobden
Commute to work, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car565
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked42
Bicycle12
Home62
Top countries of birth in Cobden
Top countries of birth, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England31
New Zealand27
Germany8
Netherlands8
Scotland6
Thailand4
Languages used at home in Cobden
Languages used at home, Cobden VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Greek4
Thai4
German3
Nepali3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,563 bird observations recorded near Cobden — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cobden

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 Cobden:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Cobden stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Cobden

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Mattinbgn · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).