Swan Marsh VIC 3249
133 addresses · 15 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Swan Marsh · 153 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Swan Marsh is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 127 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,458 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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: Swan Marsh itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Colac Airport, 29.2 km east.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Swan Marsh.
- Pirron Yallock Recreation Reserve Cricket, Soccer
- Swan Marsh Tennis Courts 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: 11.8% 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 | 11.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 16.6% |
Demographics
Population by age in Swan Marsh
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Swan Marsh
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Swan Marsh
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Swan Marsh
| Australian | 52 |
|---|---|
| English | 47 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Dutch | 9 |
| Italian | 7 |
Housing tenure in Swan Marsh
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Swan Marsh
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Swan Marsh
| Car | 41 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Swan Marsh
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,077 bird observations recorded near Swan Marsh — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (67)
- Superb Fairy-wren (55)
- Grey Fantail (51)
- Black Swan (49)
- Whistling Kite (45)
- Eurasian Coot (43)
- Chestnut Teal (41)
- Crimson Rosella (41)
- Little Raven (41)
- Australian White Ibis (38)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (38)
- Little Pied Cormorant (37)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (37)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Swan Marsh
- Dusky Moorhen (35)
- Straw-necked Ibis (35)
- Brown Thornbill (34)
- Musk Duck (34)
- Australian Magpie (33)
- White-naped Honeyeater (33)
- Common Starling (31)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (29)
- White-faced Heron (28)
- White-throated Treecreeper (27)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (26)
- White-necked Heron (26)
- New Holland Honeyeater (25)
- Silvereye (25)
- Swamp Harrier (25)
- Little Black Cormorant (24)
- Spotted Pardalote (24)
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 Swan Marsh:
- Pirron Yallock (5.8 km)
- Bungador (6.1 km)
- Stonyford (6.6 km)
- Irrewillipe (8 km)
- Pomborneit East (8.3 km)
- Carpendeit (8.9 km)
- Nalangil (10 km)
- Pomborneit (10.7 km)
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Streets
- Carpendeit-bungador Road (15)
- Carsons Road (5)
- Clifton Road (1)
- Cobden-stonyford Road (1)
- Elm Road (1)
- Irrewillipe-pirron Yallock Road (3)
- Mcnamaras Road (4)
- Old Irrewillipe Road (1)
- Princes Highway (2)
- Scoullers Road (2)
- Settlement Road (24)
- Sextons Road (9)
- Swan Marsh Road (39)
- Swan Marsh-irrewillipe Road (12)
- Swan Marsh-stonyford Road (14)
