Princetown VIC 3269
179 addresses · 17 streets
Wannon Electorate › Corangamite LGA › Princetown · 183 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Princetown is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 236 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,387 a week, with median rent near $216 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Corangamite - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Princetown itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Princetown.
- Princetown Recreation Reserve 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: 23.8% 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 | 23.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 66.3%
Population by age in Princetown
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 37 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 33 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 36 |
| 55-64 | 34 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Princetown
| House | 76 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Princetown
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Princetown
| Australian | 113 |
|---|---|
| English | 67 |
| Scottish | 32 |
| Ancestry NS | 26 |
| Dutch | 25 |
| German | 14 |
Housing tenure in Princetown
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 11 |
Cars per household in Princetown
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Princetown
| Car | 48 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 25 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 33 |
Top countries of birth in Princetown
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 6 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Princetown
| Filipino | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,284 bird observations recorded near Princetown — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (233)
- Black Swan (202)
- Welcome Swallow (200)
- Swamp Harrier (173)
- Common Starling (170)
- House Sparrow (158)
- Little Raven (140)
- Australian Magpie (139)
- Australian Shelduck (138)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (115)
- Silvereye (111)
- Pacific Black Duck (109)
- White-faced Heron (109)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Princetown
- Australian White Ibis (106)
- Silver Gull (99)
- Eurasian Blackbird (95)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (85)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (81)
- New Holland Honeyeater (80)
- Great Egret (77)
- Red Wattlebird (69)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (69)
- Brown Thornbill (68)
- Nankeen Kestrel (68)
- White-browed Scrubwren (67)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (67)
- European Goldfinch (65)
- Royal Spoonbill (65)
- Masked Lapwing (63)
- Singing Honeyeater (63)
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 Princetown:
- Gellibrand Lower (8.6 km)
- Kennedys Creek (10.7 km)
- Chapple Vale (11.2 km)
- Cooriemungle (11.2 km)
- Wattle Hill (13.1 km)
- Waarre (13.2 km)
- Port Campbell (14.8 km)
- Yuulong (15.4 km)
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Streets
- Booringa Road (12)
- Eastern Creek Road (2)
- Fords Access Road (2)
- Fords Road (9)
- Great Ocean Road (24)
- Hebs Track (2)
- Latrobe Road (10)
- Melrose Road (16)
- Old Coach Road (5)
- Old Ocean Road (7)
- Old Post Office Road (21)
- Post Office Road (9)
- Princetown Road (13)
- Serpentine Lane (7)
- The Boulevarde (11)
- Valley View Road (12)
- Wiridjil Road (17)
