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Housing
winchelsea
Victoria · Census 2021
$633k
-1.9% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Winchelsea is a leafy residential suburb of Surf Coast.
Median house price
People
Population
2,456
Median age
41 yrs
Income / person / wk
$749
Household income / wk
$1,442
Housing
Median rent / wk
$295
Mortgage / month
$1,560
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 48%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 0%
- No religion
- 48%
- Born overseas
- 9%
- English only at home
- 97%
Local amenities
Amenity score
36/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
3
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
3.1 km
Nearest train
2.5 km
Nearest hospital
2.8 km
Distance to coast
27 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 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
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
28.1 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
- Wannon
- Federal MP
- Dan Tehan (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Polwarth
- State MP
- Richard Riordan (LIB)
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