IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 955
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Kawarren
Victoria · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Kawarren is a leafy residential suburb of Colac Otway.
Median house price
No Valuer-General median for Kawarren.
Victoria's Valuer-General sales data is open, but we have no suburb median for Kawarren from it. ABS median established-house price, Greater Melbourne: $850k; Rest of Vic.: $625k.
How it compares
Household income / wk14th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
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
189
Median age
54 yrs
Income / person / wk
$561
Household income / wk
$1,071
▼ 32% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$165
Mortgage / month
$1,315
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 19%
- −13 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 29%
- +3 pts vs VIC
- Unemployment
- 3%
- −2 pts vs VIC
- In the labour force
- 56%
- −6 pts vs VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 21%
- −8 pts vs VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 34%
- +11 pts vs VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 8%
- −4 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
84 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 100%
- Flat or apartment 0%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 61%
- Mortgaged 31%
- Rented 4%
- Other & not stated 5%
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 976
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,002
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 975
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 4 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
182 m
range 71–359 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% 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 →- Rural51%
- Conservation48%
- Infrastructure & special purpose0.6%
In a heritage area
0%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: Colac Otway 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.
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 48%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 48%
- Born overseas
- 11%
- English only at home
- 98%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 7.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Colac Otway
- Population
- 22,209 (2025) · +0.0% in a year
- Area / density
- 3,438 km² · 6/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 45 · $1,277/wk household income · $265/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $530k
- Federal grants
- $9.20M in 2025-26 · $414/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $2,023
- Operating result
- -8.0%
- Asset renewal
- 90%
- Website
- colacotway.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
- 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.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); 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.