Westmere VIC 3351
49 addresses · 14 streets
Wannon Electorate › Ararat LGA › Westmere · 176 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Westmere is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 62 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $35 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, Ancestry NS. 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 Ararat Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Westmere itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Ararat Airport, 41.5 km north.
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: 1.6% 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 | 1.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.9% · Labour-force participation 56.9%
Population by age in Westmere
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Westmere
| House | 21 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Westmere
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Westmere
| Australian | 25 |
|---|---|
| English | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Other | 5 |
Housing tenure in Westmere
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Westmere
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Westmere
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,190 bird observations recorded near Westmere — most often seen:
- Black Swan (151)
- Eurasian Coot (95)
- Grey Teal (90)
- Pacific Black Duck (80)
- Australian Shelduck (77)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (60)
- Australasian Shoveler (55)
- Silver Gull (51)
- Masked Lapwing (50)
- Musk Duck (44)
- Hardhead (39)
- Whiskered Tern (32)
- Brolga (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Westmere
- Pink-eared Duck (29)
- White-faced Heron (29)
- Common Starling (26)
- House Sparrow (23)
- Little Raven (23)
- Straw-necked Ibis (22)
- Chestnut Teal (21)
- Australasian Grebe (19)
- Swamp Harrier (19)
- Australian Magpie (17)
- Australian White Ibis (17)
- Brown Falcon (16)
- Magpie-lark (16)
- Eurasian Skylark (15)
- Nankeen Kestrel (15)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (15)
- White-necked Heron (15)
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 Westmere:
- Mininera (8.8 km)
- Streatham (9.1 km)
- Nerrin Nerrin (9.5 km)
- Lake Bolac (12.3 km)
- Pura Pura (18.2 km)
- Carranballac (18.8 km)
- Tatyoon (19 km)
- Lake Wongan (19.2 km)
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Streets
- Bakers Road (3)
- Casanova Road (3)
- Doerys Road (1)
- Geddes Road (3)
- Glenelg Highway (19)
- Holdsworth Lane (3)
- Mccrows Road (3)
- Rossbridge-streatham Road (2)
- School Street (3)
- Tara Road (1)
- Tatyoon Road (3)
- Weighbridge Road (1)
- White Road (3)
- Whites Road (1)
