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waurn ponds
Victoria · Census 2021
$790k
+1.3% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Waurn Ponds is a leafy residential suburb of Greater Geelong.
Median house price
People
Population
4,956
Median age
27 yrs
Income / person / wk
$642
Household income / wk
$2,286
Housing
Median rent / wk
$430
Mortgage / month
$1,755
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 43%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 43%
- Born overseas
- 19%
- English only at home
- 86%
Local amenities
Amenity score
27/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
6
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
3.4 km
Nearest train
3.1 km
Nearest hospital
2.2 km
Distance to coast
9.4 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
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
0
Catholic
0
Independent
1
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
2.5 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
- South Barwon
- State MP
- Darren Cheeseman (IND)
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