Ecklin South VIC 3265
106 addresses · 26 streets
Wannon Electorate › Corangamite LGA › Ecklin South · 191 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Ecklin South is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 222 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
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: Ecklin South itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 41.5 km west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Ecklin South.
- Ecklin Recreation Reserve Cricket
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: 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 | 7.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Ecklin South
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 37 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 41 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 38 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Ecklin South
| House | 78 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ecklin South
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Ecklin South
| Australian | 116 |
|---|---|
| English | 73 |
| Irish | 27 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| NZ | 11 |
Housing tenure in Ecklin South
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 19 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Ecklin South
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 21 |
Commute to work in Ecklin South
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 25 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 27 |
Top countries of birth in Ecklin South
| New Zealand | 11 |
|---|---|
| England | 6 |
| Philippines | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
805 bird observations recorded near Ecklin South — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (50)
- Superb Fairy-wren (41)
- Australian White Ibis (40)
- Crimson Rosella (35)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (35)
- Grey Fantail (34)
- Welcome Swallow (32)
- Straw-necked Ibis (31)
- Black Swan (29)
- Little Raven (27)
- Eurasian Blackbird (26)
- Laughing Kookaburra (26)
- Pacific Black Duck (25)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ecklin South
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (25)
- Brown Thornbill (24)
- Common Starling (24)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (24)
- White-faced Heron (24)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- New Holland Honeyeater (23)
- Noisy Miner (23)
- White-browed Scrubwren (23)
- Swamp Harrier (22)
- Grey Butcherbird (21)
- White-naped Honeyeater (21)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (20)
- White-eared Honeyeater (20)
- Australian Shelduck (19)
- Long-billed Corella (19)
- Masked Lapwing (19)
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 Ecklin South:
- Taroon (6.4 km)
- Ayrford (7.5 km)
- Curdies River (7.8 km)
- Brucknell (8.1 km)
- Laang (8.7 km)
- Elingamite North (8.9 km)
- Dixie (8.9 km)
- Naringal East (9 km)
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Streets
- Ayresford Road (15)
- Borthwicks Road (3)
- Cobden-south Ecklin Road (2)
- Cobden-warrnambool Road (15)
- Daleys Road (1)
- Daveys Road (3)
- Dingey Road (1)
- Ellertons Road (1)
- Glenfyne-brucknell Road (7)
- Gores Road (5)
- Jensens Road (1)
- Lilleys Lane (6)
- Mcconnells Road (1)
- Mckinnons Road (1)
- Missens Road (10)
- Neilsons Road (2)
- New Brucknell Road (5)
- Old School Road (1)
- Plozzas Road (2)
- Rigbys Road (3)
- Rowleys Road (3)
- Salmon Road (1)
- School Road (1)
- Thorburns Road (1)
- Timboon-terang Road (14)
- Tognis Road (1)
