Gorae VIC 3305
103 addresses · 12 streets
Wannon Electorate › Glenelg LGA › Gorae · 301 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Gorae is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 236 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $460 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 Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Glenelg (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gorae itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 hospitals
Getting around. Airport: Portland Airport, 11.8 km south-west.
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: 67.4% 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 | 67.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 77.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 69.9%
Population by age in Gorae
| 0-4 | 21 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 29 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 31 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 44 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Gorae
| House | 75 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gorae
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 29 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Gorae
| Australian | 131 |
|---|---|
| English | 96 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Gorae
| Owned | 35 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 37 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gorae
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Gorae
| Car | 91 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,995 bird observations recorded near Gorae — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (112)
- Superb Fairy-wren (105)
- Crimson Rosella (96)
- Grey Fantail (89)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (89)
- White-naped Honeyeater (78)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (77)
- Brown Thornbill (75)
- White-throated Treecreeper (73)
- New Holland Honeyeater (71)
- Laughing Kookaburra (69)
- White-faced Heron (69)
- Eurasian Blackbird (68)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gorae
- White-eared Honeyeater (64)
- Welcome Swallow (63)
- Common Starling (59)
- White-browed Scrubwren (58)
- European Goldfinch (57)
- House Sparrow (57)
- Little Raven (57)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (57)
- Masked Lapwing (56)
- Eastern Spinebill (55)
- Galah (52)
- Magpie-lark (52)
- Striated Thornbill (50)
- Golden Whistler (48)
- Red Wattlebird (48)
- Red-browed Finch (46)
- Black Swan (45)
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 Gorae:
- Heathmere (4.7 km)
- Bolwarra (4.9 km)
- Dutton Way (6.5 km)
- Portland North (6.7 km)
- Allestree (7.1 km)
- Gorae West (7.3 km)
- Cashmore (8.1 km)
- Portland (11.1 km)
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Streets
- Benbows Road (8)
- Berrys Road (26)
- Bylsma Road (1)
- Carmichaels Road (4)
- Cut Out Dam Road (2)
- Evans Road (8)
- Gorae Road (28)
- Hodgetts Road (13)
- Holmes Road (3)
- Pedrazzies Road (2)
- Robertsons Road (1)
- Surry River-gorae Road (7)
