Irrewarra VIC 3249
252 addresses · 18 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Irrewarra · 126 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Irrewarra is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 365 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,583 a week, with median rent near $238 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Colac Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Irrewarra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 gym
1 bakery
Getting around. Train station: Colac, 8.1 km south-west · Airport: Colac Airport, 2.2 km north-east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Irrewarra.
- Warrowie Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
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: 2% 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 | 2.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 59.3%
Population by age in Irrewarra
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 48 |
| 15-19 | 34 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 35 |
| 35-44 | 30 |
| 45-54 | 59 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 57 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Irrewarra
| House | 131 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Irrewarra
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 30 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 35 |
| $3,000+ | 24 |
Top ancestries in Irrewarra
| English | 164 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 154 |
| Irish | 58 |
| Scottish | 47 |
| Ancestry NS | 43 |
| German | 10 |
Housing tenure in Irrewarra
| Owned | 61 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 52 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Irrewarra
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 53 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Irrewarra
| Car | 117 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Irrewarra
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| Fiji | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,226 bird observations recorded near Irrewarra — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (65)
- Black Swan (65)
- Black-shouldered Kite (63)
- Common Starling (58)
- Grey Teal (54)
- Little Raven (54)
- Pacific Black Duck (50)
- Magpie-lark (47)
- Eurasian Coot (44)
- Willie Wagtail (43)
- Masked Lapwing (42)
- Australian Pelican (41)
- Chestnut Teal (41)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Irrewarra
- Welcome Swallow (40)
- Silver Gull (38)
- White-faced Heron (37)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (37)
- Galah (36)
- Australian Shelduck (34)
- Eurasian Skylark (34)
- European Goldfinch (34)
- Straw-necked Ibis (34)
- Whistling Kite (34)
- Brown Falcon (33)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (31)
- House Sparrow (29)
- Nankeen Kestrel (29)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (27)
- Superb Fairy-wren (26)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (26)
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 Irrewarra:
- Warncoort (5.5 km)
- Colac East (6 km)
- Ondit (6.7 km)
- Yeo (8 km)
- Colac (8.1 km)
- Balintore (8.1 km)
- Elliminyt (10 km)
- Colac West (10.6 km)
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Streets
- Beal Road (7)
- Beeac-warrowie Road (4)
- Bourkes Road (5)
- Bullivant Road (7)
- Colac-ballarat Road (30)
- Collins Road (22)
- Drapers Road (7)
- Edwards Road (10)
- Irrewarra School Road (7)
- Irrewarra Station Road (3)
- Mckays Road (24)
- Meredith Park Road (4)
- Princes Highway (20)
- Pyles Road (29)
- Ramsay Road (12)
- Ryans Road (2)
- Triggs Road (19)
- Warrowie Road (40)
