Waterloo VIC 3373
94 addresses · 25 streets
Wannon Electorate › Pyrenees LGA › Waterloo · 144 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Waterloo is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 122 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,093 a week, with median rent near $165 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Beaufort statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Waterloo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Beaufort, 7.4 km south-west · Airport: Ararat Airport, 39.1 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: 39.2% 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 | 39.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 43.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 58.3%
Population by age in Waterloo
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Waterloo
| House | 51 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Waterloo
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Waterloo
| Australian | 56 |
|---|---|
| English | 53 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Italian | 6 |
Housing tenure in Waterloo
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Waterloo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 27 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Waterloo
| Car | 41 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Waterloo
| Philippines | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,145 bird observations recorded near Waterloo — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (72)
- Crimson Rosella (58)
- Long-billed Corella (54)
- Superb Fairy-wren (53)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (52)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (46)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (45)
- White-naped Honeyeater (44)
- White-throated Treecreeper (44)
- Little Raven (41)
- Willie Wagtail (38)
- Laughing Kookaburra (37)
- Grey Fantail (36)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waterloo
- Welcome Swallow (36)
- Red Wattlebird (34)
- Brown Thornbill (33)
- Striated Thornbill (33)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (32)
- Pacific Black Duck (32)
- White-winged Chough (32)
- Australian Raven (31)
- Spotted Pardalote (31)
- Scarlet Robin (30)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (30)
- White-faced Heron (30)
- White-necked Heron (30)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (28)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (28)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (28)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (27)
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 Waterloo:
- Main Lead (5.1 km)
- Chute (5.7 km)
- Langi Kal Kal (6.4 km)
- Beaufort (7.9 km)
- Trawalla (8.1 km)
- Raglan (8.6 km)
- Glenbrae (11.8 km)
- Mount Lonarch (12.6 km)
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Streets
- Armstrongs Lane (4)
- Back Waterloo Road (5)
- Barbers Road (1)
- Baths Road (1)
- Beaufort-lexton Road (18)
- Camp Hill Road (1)
- Cemetery Road (3)
- Chute-waterloo Road (10)
- Elimination Track (2)
- Finch Lane (2)
- Jones Road (10)
- Kays Road (3)
- King Charlie Lane (1)
- Lewis Lane (2)
- Little King Charlie Lane (1)
- Long Gully Lane (1)
- Musical Gully Road (9)
- Napolean Lane (2)
- Napoleon Lane (3)
- Racecourse Road (2)
- Reef Gully Lane (4)
- School Road (5)
- Trawalla-waterloo Road (1)
- Waterloo Track (1)
- Wayside Lane (2)
