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barwon heads
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.45M
-3.3% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Barwon Heads is a coastal suburb of Greater Geelong.
Median house price
People
Population
4,353
Median age
46 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,030
Household income / wk
$2,226
Housing
Median rent / wk
$450
Mortgage / month
$2,184
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 52%
- Top language at home
- Japanese · 0%
- No religion
- 52%
- Born overseas
- 10%
- English only at home
- 98%
Local amenities
Amenity score
36/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
10
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.7 km
Nearest train
14.4 km
Nearest hospital
17.3 km
Distance to coast
1.2 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
5.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Greater Geelong
- Council population
- 267,684
- Council area
- 1,248 km²
- Density
- 214/km²
- Federal grants
- $29.44M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $110/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,802
- Operating result
- +0.4%
- Asset renewal
- 63%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Corangamite
- Federal MP
- Libby Coker (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bellarine
- State MP
- Alison Marchant (ALP)
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