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torquay (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.20M
+0.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Torquay (Vic.) is an inner-city suburb of Surf Coast.
Median house price
People
Population
18,534
Median age
39 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,018
Household income / wk
$2,295
Housing
Median rent / wk
$500
Mortgage / month
$2,167
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 52%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 0%
- No religion
- 52%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
5
Supermarkets
5
Pubs & bars
3
Parks
17
Libraries
1
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
4
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
10.4 km
Nearest hospital
12.8 km
Distance to coast
1.9 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 2 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
3
Catholic
2
Independent
0
Primary
4
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
0.5 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Surf Coast
- Council population
- 43,126
- Council area
- 1,553 km²
- Density
- 28/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.90M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $137/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,314
- Operating result
- -5.0%
- Asset renewal
- 94%
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
- Polwarth
- State MP
- Richard Riordan (LIB)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.