Kennett River VIC 3234
323 addresses · 16 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Kennett River · 135 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Kennett River is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 74 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 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: Kennett River itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 45 km north.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Kennett River.
- Kennett River Surf Life Saving Club Surf Life Saving
- Kennett River Tennis Court Basketball, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 94.6% 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 | 94.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 99.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Kennett River
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kennett River
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Kennett River
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Kennett River
| English | 39 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Kennett River
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Kennett River
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Kennett River
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
15,090 bird observations recorded near Kennett River — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (939)
- Crimson Rosella (910)
- Australian King-parrot (892)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (795)
- Red Wattlebird (766)
- Australian Wood Duck (741)
- Pied Currawong (657)
- Laughing Kookaburra (590)
- Pacific Black Duck (589)
- Australian Magpie (579)
- Welcome Swallow (576)
- Satin Bowerbird (539)
- Grey Fantail (538)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kennett River
- House Sparrow (503)
- Little Wattlebird (477)
- New Holland Honeyeater (438)
- White-faced Heron (427)
- Brown Thornbill (411)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (369)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (361)
- Silvereye (325)
- Dusky Moorhen (321)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (317)
- White-browed Scrubwren (314)
- Eurasian Blackbird (313)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (312)
- Common Starling (279)
- Eastern Spinebill (272)
- Little Pied Cormorant (272)
- Magpie-lark (268)
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 Kennett River:
- Grey River (2.6 km)
- Wye River (4.4 km)
- Separation Creek (5.5 km)
- Sugarloaf (6.4 km)
- Wongarra (7.7 km)
- Mount Sabine (11.1 km)
- Petticoat Creek (12.7 km)
- Skenes Creek North (12.9 km)
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Streets
- Addis Avenue (8)
- Benwerrin-mt Sabine Road (1)
- Cara Court (10)
- Cartra Crescent (14)
- Cassidy Drive (34)
- Ferny Grove (4)
- Gerard Avenue (14)
- Gibson Avenue (24)
- Great Ocean Road (131)
- Grey River Road (1)
- Hawdon Avenue (26)
- Hazel Court (10)
- Joseph Court (9)
- Kennett Road (1)
- Off Great Ocean Road (1)
- Ridge Drive (35)
