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colac
Victoria · Census 2021
$485k
+4.3% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Colac is an inner-city suburb of Colac Otway.
Median house price
People
Population
9,243
Median age
44 yrs
Income / person / wk
$661
Household income / wk
$1,108
Housing
Median rent / wk
$260
Mortgage / month
$1,213
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 45%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 45%
- Born overseas
- 12%
- English only at home
- 92%
Local amenities
Amenity score
89/100
Schools
7
Supermarkets
4
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
13
Libraries
1
GP clinics
5
Pharmacies
2
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
2.8 km
Nearest train
3.4 km
Nearest hospital
3.2 km
Distance to coast
41 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi · 1 IGA. 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
6
Catholic
3
Independent
0
Primary
6
Secondary
5
Nearest secondary
3.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Colac Otway
- Council population
- 22,507
- Council area
- 3,438 km²
- Density
- 7/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.20M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $409/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,023
- Operating result
- -8.0%
- Asset renewal
- 90%
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
- Wannon
- Federal MP
- Dan Tehan (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Polwarth
- State MP
- Richard Riordan (LIB)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.