Waranga Shores VIC 3612
215 addresses · 27 streets
Nicholls Electorate › Campaspe LGA › Waranga Shores · 140 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Waranga Shores is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 314 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,260 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Rushworth statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Waranga Shores itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Shepparton Airport, 31.3 km north-east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Waranga Shores.
- Waranga Boat Club Inc Sailing
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% 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 | 9.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Waranga Shores
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 31 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 57 |
| 55-64 | 73 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Waranga Shores
| House | 125 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 7 |
Households by weekly income in Waranga Shores
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 47 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 19 |
Top ancestries in Waranga Shores
| Australian | 127 |
|---|---|
| English | 121 |
| Irish | 45 |
| Scottish | 36 |
| German | 19 |
| Ancestry NS | 19 |
Housing tenure in Waranga Shores
| Owned | 59 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 45 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Waranga Shores
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 26 |
| 2 | 47 |
| 3 | 29 |
| 4+ | 24 |
Commute to work in Waranga Shores
| Car | 100 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Waranga Shores
| China | 16 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Philippines | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 |
| England | 3 |
| Wales | 3 |
Languages used at home in Waranga Shores
| Mandarin | 11 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,224 bird observations recorded near Waranga Shores — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (313)
- Galah (259)
- Australian Magpie (249)
- Masked Lapwing (246)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (242)
- Willie Wagtail (241)
- Welcome Swallow (228)
- Black Swan (217)
- Magpie-lark (209)
- White-faced Heron (199)
- Red-rumped Parrot (190)
- Red Wattlebird (185)
- Australian Pelican (179)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waranga Shores
- Eastern Rosella (176)
- Pacific Black Duck (164)
- Caspian Tern (160)
- Australian Wood Duck (152)
- Grey Teal (151)
- Australian Raven (147)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (135)
- Little Black Cormorant (133)
- Little Pied Cormorant (129)
- Australian White Ibis (126)
- Noisy Miner (126)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (119)
- White-winged Chough (119)
- Great Cormorant (112)
- Superb Fairy-wren (107)
- White-fronted Chat (106)
- Red-capped Plover (105)
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 Waranga Shores:
- Rushworth (6.5 km)
- Waranga (8.4 km)
- Stanhope South (9.1 km)
- Harston (11.1 km)
- Murchison (12.4 km)
- Girgarre East (12.8 km)
- Moora (13 km)
- Dhurringile (13.4 km)
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Streets
- Basin Road (5)
- Bendigo-murchison Road (5)
- Bitcon Road (4)
- Channel Inlet Road (17)
- Darby Road (7)
- Finnigan Court (11)
- Frenchmans Road (8)
- Harriman Road (44)
- Ibbott Road (2)
- Ingram Lane (10)
- Lake View Court (5)
- Little Bourke Street (3)
- Lloyd Road (4)
- Mason Road (5)
- Mcewen Road (2)
- Mortimer Lane (3)
- Old Lead Road (1)
- Old Tatura Road (3)
- Panorama Court (12)
- Poole Road (1)
- Rushworth-tatura Road (17)
- Slaughterhouse Lane (9)
- Slaughterhouse Road (9)
- Waranga Basin Road (12)
- Waranga Drive (12)
- Wet Lane (1)
- Zegelin Road (3)
