Lavers Hill VIC 3238
157 addresses · 12 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Lavers Hill · 168 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Lavers Hill is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 87 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Lavers Hill itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 cafés & restaurants
1 bakery
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 51 km north-east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Lavers Hill.
- Lavers Hill Tennis Court 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: 85.3% 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 | 85.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 92.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 68.9%
Population by age in Lavers Hill
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lavers Hill
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lavers Hill
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Lavers Hill
| Australian | 42 |
|---|---|
| English | 29 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Other | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Lavers Hill
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lavers Hill
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Lavers Hill
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Top countries of birth in Lavers Hill
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,369 bird observations recorded near Lavers Hill — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (234)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (232)
- Brown Thornbill (209)
- Grey Fantail (196)
- White-browed Scrubwren (196)
- Australian King-parrot (165)
- Eurasian Blackbird (154)
- Superb Fairy-wren (148)
- Forest Raven (140)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (134)
- House Sparrow (125)
- Silvereye (125)
- Satin Bowerbird (115)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lavers Hill
- Laughing Kookaburra (106)
- White-throated Treecreeper (97)
- Bassian Thrush (96)
- Pied Currawong (96)
- Eastern Spinebill (94)
- Olive Whistler (92)
- Australian Magpie (82)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (69)
- Rufous Fantail (65)
- Little Raven (52)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (52)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (51)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (51)
- Pink Robin (50)
- Red Wattlebird (49)
- Rose Robin (48)
- Striated Thornbill (46)
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 Lavers Hill:
- Wyelangta (5 km)
- Johanna (6.3 km)
- Yuulong (8.2 km)
- Chapple Vale (9.7 km)
- Glenaire (11.3 km)
- Weeaproinah (11.4 km)
- Gellibrand Lower (12.4 km)
- Ferguson (13.3 km)
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Streets
- Amiets Road (1)
- Colac-lavers Hill Road (16)
- College Drive (6)
- Egans Track (1)
- Flanagan Track (2)
- Great Ocean Road (86)
- Junction Track (1)
- Lavers Hill-cobden Road (19)
- Melba Gully Road (8)
- Morris Track (10)
- Old Ocean Road (6)
- Skinners Creek Track (1)
