IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 991
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 5 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Curlewis
Victoria · Census 2021
$685k+5.4% yrmedian house · Dec 2025
Curlewis (Vic.) is a leafy residential suburb of Greater Geelong.
Median house price
$685k39th pctile
of 766 priced VIC suburbs
Household income
$1,830/wk66th pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
25/10063rd pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Median of Victoria suburb medians: $765k.
How it compares
Median house price39th percentile
<$210k766 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk66th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Median house price-19% vs Greater Melbourne · +10% vs Rest of Vic.
MelbourneRest of state
Greater Melbourne $850k · Rest of Vic. $625kCurlewis (Vic.) $685k
Household income / wk
VIC · AU
VIC median suburb $1,583 · AU median suburb $1,562Curlewis (Vic.) $1,830
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Victoria and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
4,175
Median age
34 yrs
Income / person / wk
$848
Household income / wk
$1,830
▲ 16% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$405
Mortgage / month
$1,777
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 35%
- +2 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 15%
- −11 pts vs VIC
- Unemployment
- 5%
- level with VIC
- In the labour force
- 67%
- +5 pts vs VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 21%
- −8 pts vs VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 21%
- −2 pts vs VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 9%
- −3 pts vs VIC
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. VIC figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
1,475 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 99%
- Flat or apartment 0%
- Semi, terrace & other 1%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 25%
- Mortgaged 43%
- Rented 30%
- Other & not stated 1%
VIC: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 29% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,026
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 5 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,036
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 5 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 987
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 5 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
46 m
range 0–99 m
Land below 5 m
0.4%
0.3% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. The Building Regulations' Designated Bushfire Prone Area, the like-for-like of NSW Bush Fire Prone Land; the narrower Bushfire Management Overlay is a separate planning control. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Rural75%
- General / medium / high-density residential14%
- Infrastructure & special purpose8.1%
- Conservation1.3%
- Open space & recreation1.1%
- Centres & mixed use0.2%
In a heritage area
0.8%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: Greater Geelong Planning Scheme. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Source: Vicmap Planning zones; Vicmap Heritage Overlay.
Local amenities
Schools
3
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.9 km
Nearest train
14.9 km
Nearest hospital
14.5 km
Distance to coast
2.2 km
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths. 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 52%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 0%
- No religion
- 52%
- Born overseas
- 15%
- English only at home
- 93%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 2 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 2
- Nearest secondary
- 2.8 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Greater Geelong
- Population
- 295,052 (2025) · +2.2% in a year
- Area / density
- 1,248 km² · 236/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 39 · $1,592/wk household income · $346/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $707k
- Federal grants
- $29.44M in 2025-26 · $100/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $1,802
- Operating result
- +0.4%
- Asset renewal
- 63%
- Website
- geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and Local Government Victoria data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Corangamite
- Federal MP
- Libby Coker (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bellarine
- State MP
- Alison Marchant (ALP)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Designated Bushfire Prone Area, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Planning Scheme Zones, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Heritage Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.