Modewarre VIC 3240
148 addresses · 20 streets
Corangamite Electorate › Surf Coast LGA › Modewarre · 89 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Modewarre is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 277 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% 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 Winchelsea statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Modewarre itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 39 km west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Modewarre.
- Modewarre Recreation Oval Cricket, 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: 5.2% 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 | 5.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.3% · Labour-force participation 65.5%
Population by age in Modewarre
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 33 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 48 |
| 65-74 | 31 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Modewarre
| House | 89 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Modewarre
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 26 |
Top ancestries in Modewarre
| English | 132 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 114 |
| Irish | 39 |
| Scottish | 32 |
| Other | 14 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Modewarre
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 36 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Modewarre
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 26 |
Commute to work in Modewarre
| Car | 93 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Modewarre
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
16,158 bird observations recorded near Modewarre — most often seen:
- Little Raven (813)
- Black Swan (774)
- Australian Shelduck (764)
- Australian Magpie (738)
- Eurasian Skylark (683)
- Superb Fairy-wren (671)
- Grey Teal (610)
- Red Wattlebird (608)
- Magpie-lark (606)
- Welcome Swallow (599)
- Masked Lapwing (592)
- White-faced Heron (585)
- Common Starling (550)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Modewarre
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (550)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (518)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (487)
- Willie Wagtail (487)
- Australasian Shoveler (483)
- Chestnut Teal (483)
- Straw-necked Ibis (483)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (458)
- Pacific Black Duck (456)
- White-fronted Chat (454)
- Red-capped Plover (424)
- Brown Falcon (419)
- Eurasian Coot (416)
- European Goldfinch (411)
- Eurasian Blackbird (347)
- New Holland Honeyeater (345)
- Galah (344)
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 Modewarre:
- Moriac (4.7 km)
- Paraparap (5.8 km)
- Buckley (5.8 km)
- Gherang (5.9 km)
- Wurdiboluc (7.2 km)
- Mount Moriac (8.1 km)
- Freshwater Creek (10.7 km)
- Gnarwarre (11.4 km)
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Streets
- Batsons Road (5)
- Buckley Road S (3)
- Cambridge Street (4)
- Cape Otway Road (33)
- Church Road (9)
- Connies Lane (9)
- Considines Road (10)
- Dangers Road (5)
- Forest Road (1)
- Gherang Road (4)
- Heidi Road (1)
- Hortips Road (4)
- Larcombes Road (13)
- Layard Road (3)
- Lyons Street (7)
- Nobles Road (12)
- Panmure Street (1)
- Raglan Street (7)
- Russell Street (10)
- Taylors Road (7)
