Marengo VIC 3233
454 addresses · 18 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Marengo · 156 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Marengo is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 272 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $282 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Otway statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marengo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
3 supermarkets
1 beach
1 pharmacy
1 hospital
1 post office
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
1 bakery
1 beauty salon
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 54.5 km north.
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: 41.3% 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 | 41.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 63.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 52.4%
Population by age in Marengo
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 37 |
| 55-64 | 41 |
| 65-74 | 75 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Marengo
| House | 109 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 7 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Marengo
| <$650 | 30 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 39 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 32 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Marengo
| English | 125 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 70 |
| Scottish | 58 |
| Irish | 47 |
| Other | 26 |
| German | 16 |
Housing tenure in Marengo
| Owned | 75 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 27 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Marengo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 53 |
| 2 | 44 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Marengo
| Car | 76 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Marengo
| England | 20 |
|---|---|
| Indonesia | 9 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Nepal | 4 |
| China | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 |
Languages used at home in Marengo
| Nepali | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 3 |
| Japanese | 3 |
| Indonesian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
23,704 bird observations recorded near Marengo — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,468)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,292)
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,245)
- Silver Gull (1,245)
- Welcome Swallow (1,196)
- House Sparrow (1,187)
- Common Starling (1,093)
- Red Wattlebird (1,016)
- Grey Fantail (979)
- Little Wattlebird (941)
- Crested Tern (916)
- Australian Magpie (905)
- Galah (837)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marengo
- Crimson Rosella (793)
- Silvereye (739)
- Brown Thornbill (690)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (622)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (598)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (564)
- Masked Lapwing (529)
- Willie Wagtail (520)
- Hooded Plover (519)
- Little Pied Cormorant (501)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (489)
- Little Corella (487)
- White-browed Scrubwren (485)
- Australian Wood Duck (479)
- Pacific Gull (478)
- Magpie-lark (452)
- Black-faced Cormorant (439)
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 Marengo:
- Apollo Bay (2.8 km)
- Skenes Creek (7.6 km)
- Petticoat Creek (8.8 km)
- Skenes Creek North (10.5 km)
- Tanybryn (13.1 km)
- Cape Otway (13.5 km)
- Wongarra (13.8 km)
- Hordern Vale (14.2 km)
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Streets
- Barton Place (7)
- Bayview Street (11)
- Cemetery Road (1)
- Costerman Terrace (12)
- Ferrier Drive (26)
- Galbraith Way (15)
- Great Ocean Road (67)
- Harrison Street (33)
- Manly Street (9)
- Marengo Crescent (93)
- Mcminn Court (7)
- Mitchell Court (13)
- Newcombe Street (38)
- Ocean Park Drive (48)
- Panorama Crescent (37)
- Perkins Road (1)
- Roberts Road (3)
- Telford Street (33)
