Colac West VIC 3250

Living Here

Colac West is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 89 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $1,474 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 48% of households own their home and 52% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Colac statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Colac West itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

  • Colac South West Primary School
  • Colac West Primary School
  • Trinity College Colac
  • St Mary's Primary School
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • Colac Specialist School
  • Colac Secondary College
  • Colac Primary School
  • Elliminyt Primary School
• 5 parks

  • Stodart Street Park
  • Ball Street Park
  • Donaldson Street Park
  • Western Bay Playground
  • Newcombe Estate Park
• 2 Catholic churches

  • Christian Family Church
  • Saint Mary's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Colac Pharmacy
• 1 dentist

  • Purely Dental
• 1 optometrist

  • Otway Optical
• 1 hospital

  • Colac Area Health
• 1 vet

  • Colac Veterinary Clinic
• 1 library

  • Colac Community Library and Learning Centre
• 2 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Colac Post Office
• 4 service stations

  • Liberty
  • BP
  • 7-Eleven
  • EG Australia
• 3 gyms & sports centres

  • Colac Rifle Range
  • Colac Bowling Club
  • City Bowls Club Colac
• 1 golf club

  • Colac Golf Club
• 1 butcher

  • Hickey's Central Meats
• 2 hardware stores

  • Mower Corner
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • Phillips Automotive
• 5 places to stay

  • Colac Caravan Park
  • Colac Mid City Motor Inn
  • Lake Colac Caravan Park
  • Baronga Motor Inn
  • Otway Gate Motel

Getting around. Train station: Colac, 3.8 km east · Airport: Colac Airport, 12.8 km north-east.

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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: 5.5% 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.

Demographics

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

38,187 bird observations recorded near Colac West — most often seen:

• Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,888)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,879)
• Black Swan (1,826)
• Silver Gull (1,815)
• Eurasian Coot (1,763)
• Australian Pelican (1,667)
• Great Egret (1,496)
• Common Starling (1,487)
• Australian Magpie (1,484)
• Red Wattlebird (1,481)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,481)
• Welcome Swallow (1,442)
• Masked Lapwing (1,342)

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 Colac West:

• Colac (3.5 km)
• Larpent (3.7 km)
• Cororooke (4.8 km)
• Elliminyt (4.9 km)
• Balintore (5.8 km)
• Colac East (5.9 km)
• Corunnun (7.3 km)
• Nalangil (7.5 km)

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