Hordern Vale VIC 3238
66 addresses · 5 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Hordern Vale · 167 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Hordern Vale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 44 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $725 a week, with median rent near $228 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Irish, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged 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: Hordern Vale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 57.5 km north.
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: 33% 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 | 33.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 61%
Population by age in Hordern Vale
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hordern Vale
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hordern Vale
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Hordern Vale
| English | 24 |
|---|---|
| Irish | 16 |
| Australian | 13 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Chinese | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
Housing tenure in Hordern Vale
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hordern Vale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Hordern Vale
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Hordern Vale
| United States | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,447 bird observations recorded near Hordern Vale — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (322)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (217)
- Brown Thornbill (211)
- Crimson Rosella (207)
- Pacific Black Duck (204)
- Australian Magpie (189)
- Grey Fantail (181)
- Silvereye (176)
- Welcome Swallow (171)
- White-faced Heron (165)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (164)
- Little Raven (156)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (148)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hordern Vale
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (144)
- New Holland Honeyeater (136)
- Pied Currawong (136)
- Eurasian Blackbird (132)
- Red Wattlebird (130)
- Satin Bowerbird (120)
- Black Swan (116)
- Masked Lapwing (112)
- Australian Shelduck (111)
- Laughing Kookaburra (109)
- White-browed Scrubwren (109)
- Silver Gull (106)
- Little Pied Cormorant (105)
- Red-browed Finch (98)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (97)
- Rufous Bristlebird (88)
- Eurasian Coot (87)
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 Hordern Vale:
- Glenaire (4.2 km)
- Cape Otway (6.3 km)
- Johanna (9.9 km)
- Wyelangta (13.6 km)
- Marengo (14.2 km)
- Apollo Bay (14.9 km)
- Lavers Hill (15 km)
- Weeaproinah (16.7 km)
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Streets
- Costins Access (3)
- Great Ocean Road (13)
- Hordern Vale Road (41)
- Marriners Access (8)
- Old Ocean Road (1)
