Whoorel VIC 3243
26 addresses · 6 streets
Wannon Electorate › Colac Otway LGA › Whoorel · 117 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Whoorel is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 25 people, with a median age of 63. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 60% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 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: Whoorel itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
1 hardware store
2 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Birregurra, 6.5 km north-west · Airport: Colac Airport, 16.4 km north-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: 3.4% 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 | 3.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Whoorel
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Whoorel
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Whoorel
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Whoorel
| Australian | 16 |
|---|---|
| English | 13 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Whoorel
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Whoorel
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Whoorel
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,406 bird observations recorded near Whoorel — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (237)
- Little Raven (189)
- Superb Fairy-wren (147)
- Pacific Black Duck (135)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (116)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (97)
- Crimson Rosella (91)
- Eurasian Coot (91)
- Grey Teal (76)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (74)
- White-faced Heron (73)
- Magpie-lark (71)
- Red Wattlebird (71)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Whoorel
- Welcome Swallow (70)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (68)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (67)
- White-necked Heron (67)
- Grey Fantail (66)
- Willie Wagtail (63)
- Australian Shelduck (60)
- Common Starling (53)
- Straw-necked Ibis (53)
- Galah (52)
- Black-shouldered Kite (49)
- Masked Lapwing (47)
- Eurasian Blackbird (46)
- Australian White Ibis (45)
- Australian Wood Duck (45)
- Brown Thornbill (45)
- Latham's Snipe (42)
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 Whoorel:
- Birregurra (5.4 km)
- Murroon (5.9 km)
- Deans Marsh (6.1 km)
- Pennyroyal (7.5 km)
- Bambra (10 km)
- Yeodene (11.5 km)
- Boonah (11.7 km)
- Warncoort (12.1 km)
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Streets
- Birregurra-deans Marsh Road (11)
- Birregurra-forrest Road (1)
- Mcdonalds Lane (3)
- Rifle Butts Road (7)
- Salt Creek Lane (1)
- Whoorel Station Road (3)
