Koo Wee Rup VIC 3981

Living Here

Koo Wee Rup is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 4,047 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,782 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $666,500.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Koo Wee Rup statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Koo Wee Rup itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Koo Wee Rup Primary School
  • Koo Wee Rup Secondary College
  • St John the Baptist Primary School
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 1 park

  • Lions Park
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Koo Wee Rup Medical Centre
  • Rossiter Road Medical Centre
• 1 hospital

  • Koo Wee Rup Hospital
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Westernport Child Care Centre
  • Koo Wee Rup Preschool
• 3 service stations

  • Shell
  • John Duff and Co (Shell)
  • EG Australia
• 1 gym

  • Koo Wee Rup Swimming Pool
• 1 hardware store

  • Ponderosa Timber and Hardware
• 1 place to stay

  • Royal Hotel

Getting around. Bus interchange: Koo Wee Rup Bus Interchange, 500 m south · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 42 km north-west.

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Sport & Recreation

3 facilities recorded in Koo Wee Rup.

• Koo Wee Rup Bowls & Tennis Club Lawn Bowls, Skating, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Koo Wee Rup Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Equestrian, Netball
• koo Wee Rup Swimming Pool Swimming

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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 3.4% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 66.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,895 bird observations recorded near Koo Wee Rup — most often seen:

• Common Starling (617)
• Eurasian Blackbird (610)
• Common Myna (591)
• South-eastern Brown Thornbill (546)
• Northern Superb Fairy-wren (506)
• Pacific Black Duck (487)
• Little Raven (482)
• White-faced Heron (471)
• Tasmanian Grey Fantail (436)
• Eurasian Skylark (433)
• Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (415)
• Australian White Ibis (411)
• European Goldfinch (393)

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 Koo Wee Rup:

• Monomeith (4.4 km)
• Dalmore (6 km)
• Koo Wee Rup North (6.2 km)
• Pakenham South (6.5 km)
• Rythdale (6.7 km)
• Caldermeade (7.2 km)
• Bayles (7.8 km)
• Cardinia (8.3 km)

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