Murroon VIC 3243
92 addresses · 18 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Murroon · 121 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Murroon is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,624 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Colac Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Murroon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 gym
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Birregurra, 10.8 km north · Airport: Colac Airport, 19.1 km north-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Murroon.
- Pennyroyal 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: 9.9% 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 | 9.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Murroon
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Murroon
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Murroon
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Murroon
| Australian | 41 |
|---|---|
| English | 35 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Murroon
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Murroon
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Murroon
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,274 bird observations recorded near Murroon — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (230)
- Superb Fairy-wren (215)
- Crimson Rosella (160)
- Little Raven (134)
- Grey Fantail (127)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (122)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (97)
- Pacific Black Duck (85)
- Laughing Kookaburra (84)
- Brown Thornbill (82)
- Magpie-lark (75)
- Welcome Swallow (71)
- White-faced Heron (58)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Murroon
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (55)
- Red Wattlebird (52)
- Australian Wood Duck (51)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (49)
- White-necked Heron (46)
- Willie Wagtail (44)
- New Holland Honeyeater (43)
- Black Swan (42)
- Eurasian Blackbird (42)
- Latham's Snipe (42)
- White-browed Scrubwren (41)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (40)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (38)
- Red-browed Finch (38)
- Australian Shelduck (37)
- Galah (37)
- Noisy Miner (37)
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 Murroon:
- Pennyroyal (4.7 km)
- Whoorel (5.9 km)
- Barwon Downs (7.2 km)
- Deans Marsh (7.4 km)
- Yeodene (9.8 km)
- Birregurra (9.9 km)
- Gerangamete (10.5 km)
- Benwerrin (11.2 km)
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Streets
- Andersons Road (4)
- Barholme Lane (8)
- Birregurra-deans Marsh Road (5)
- Birregurra-forrest Road (8)
- Bushes Road (5)
- Deepdene Road (3)
- Division Road (11)
- Gannons Road (3)
- James Road (2)
- Mcpaddens Road (2)
- Middle Murroon Road (7)
- Murroon Road (3)
- Normans Road (3)
- Pennyroyal-wymbooliel Road (4)
- Robilliards Road (3)
- Telegraph Road (9)
- Wickhams Road (11)
- Wire Lane (1)
