Taroon VIC 3265
13 addresses · 3 streets
Wannon Electorate › Moyne LGA › Taroon · 192 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Taroon is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 25 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 43% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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: Taroon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Train station: Terang, 11.6 km north · Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 37.5 km west.
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: 4.2% 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 | 4.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Taroon
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Taroon
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Taroon
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Taroon
| Australian | 19 |
|---|---|
| English | 9 |
| German | 4 |
| Dutch | 3 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Taroon
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Taroon
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Taroon
| Car | 0 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
477 bird observations recorded near Taroon — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (32)
- Superb Fairy-wren (32)
- Grey Fantail (29)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (28)
- New Holland Honeyeater (28)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (23)
- Crimson Rosella (21)
- Pacific Black Duck (19)
- Little Raven (18)
- Chestnut Teal (17)
- Silvereye (17)
- Eurasian Blackbird (16)
- Eurasian Coot (15)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Taroon
- Australian Wood Duck (14)
- Brown Thornbill (14)
- Dusky Moorhen (14)
- Red Wattlebird (14)
- White-browed Scrubwren (13)
- Little Pied Cormorant (12)
- White-naped Honeyeater (12)
- Australian White Ibis (11)
- Magpie-lark (11)
- Australian Reed Warbler (10)
- Red-browed Finch (9)
- White-faced Heron (9)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (8)
- European Goldfinch (8)
- Welcome Swallow (8)
- White-eared Honeyeater (8)
- Common Starling (7)
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 Taroon:
- Dixie (5.4 km)
- Ecklin South (6.4 km)
- Laang (6.4 km)
- Garvoc (6.8 km)
- Naringal East (9.5 km)
- Elingamite North (10.4 km)
- Terang (11.4 km)
- Ayrford (11.8 km)
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Streets
- Ayresford Road (9)
- Howards Road (3)
- Mcconnells Road (1)