Mallacoota VIC 3892

Living Here

Mallacoota is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,183 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $1,031 a week, with median rent near $221 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $490,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Mallacoota P-12 College
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Scallywags
  • Lucy's
• 2 supermarkets

  • IGA
  • Foodworks
• 2 beaches

  • Davis Creek Beach
  • Betka Beach
• 1 hospital

  • Mallacoota Medical Centre
• 1 childcare centre

  • Mallacoota Pre-School Kindergarten
• 1 post office

  • Australia Post
• 2 service stations

  • BP
  • Caltex
• 1 golf club

  • Mallacoota Golf & Country Club
• 1 bakery

  • Mallacoota Bakery
• 1 hardware store

  • Home Timber & Hardware
• 1 mechanic

  • Inlet Auto Electrics
• 13 places to stay

  • Nautilus
  • Blue Wren Motel
  • Mallacoota Hotel Motel
  • Mallacoota Beachcomber Caravan Park
  • Mallamaurice Cottages
  • Mallacoota Foreshore Camping Park
  • Mallacoota Foreshore Holiday Park
  • a'wangrilea caravan park
  • Mallacoota Log Cabins
  • Shadygully Caravan Park and Cabins

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Getting around. Airport: Mallacoota Aerodrome, 5.6 km south-west.

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Sport & Recreation

7 facilities recorded in Mallacoota.

• Mallacoota Club Grounds Equestrian
• Mallacoota Golf Club Golf, Lawn Bowls
• Mallacoota Gun Club Shooting Sports
• Mallacoota Halls & Recreation Reserve Basketball, Cricket, Netball, Skating, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Mallacoota Soccer Ground Soccer
• Mallacoota Surf Life Saving Club Surf Life Saving
• Mallacoota 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: 76.7% 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 2.9% · Labour-force participation 45.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

89,350 bird observations recorded near Mallacoota — most often seen:

• Silver Gull (4,925)
• Superb Fairy-wren (4,746)
• Red Wattlebird (4,025)
• Australian Pelican (3,994)
• Welcome Swallow (3,708)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (3,536)
• Chestnut Teal (3,508)
• White-faced Heron (3,273)
• Little Pied Cormorant (3,262)
• Australian Pied Oystercatcher (3,143)
• Great Cormorant (3,109)
• Australian Magpie (3,076)
• Masked Lapwing (2,988)

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 Mallacoota:

• Gipsy Point (10.5 km)
• Wallagaraugh (13.4 km)
• Genoa (14.3 km)
• Maramingo Creek (17.4 km)
• Wingan River (26.4 km)
• Wangarabell (28.5 km)
• Wroxham (33.3 km)
• Noorinbee North (51.1 km)

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