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Colac Otway: suburbs, house prices and planning

Colac Otway council area has 15 suburbs with a Delora page, home to 18,513 residents at the 2021 Census. Median house prices run from $507,500 in Colac to $785,000 in Apollo Bay (latest reportable period for each, Valuer-General Victoria).

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Colac Otway at a glance

House medians
$507,500 to $785,000
latest reportable period for each suburb
sales behind each median: 11 to 52
Valuer-General Victoria
Median rent
$220 to $370 a week
Census 2021 (older)
15 of 15 suburbs with a rent figure
More than half of these figures are Census 2021, four years older than the prices.
ABS Census 2021
Planning risk
Flood 17% ModerateBushfire 36% HighHeritage 1% Very low
share of land, weighted by suburb area
Vicmap Planning
Recorded crime
87 per 1,000 residents
per year, latest year published
council area, not suburb
offences logged over residents
Around the state average
Crime Statistics Agency Victoria

House medians across 15 suburbs run from $507,500 to $785,000; flood overlays cover 17% of the council's land, bushfire 36% and heritage 1%.

Council-level figures. Overlay shares are weighted by each suburb's land area; recorded crime is every offence logged in the council area over the latest year divided by its residents. None of it describes a specific street or property.

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Suburbs in Colac Otway

Sorted by house median, highest first. 4 of 15 suburbs have a reliable house median.

Medians are the latest reportable period for each suburb (shown under the figure) with the number of sales behind them. 1-yr change compares that quarter with the same quarter a year earlier. Rent: DFFH moving annual median, or Census 2021 where DFFH doesn't publish the suburb.
SuburbHouse medianUnit medianRent1-yr changeGross yieldPopulation
Apollo Bay3233$785,000Mar qtr 2026 · 11 sales$860,0002025 · n not published$300/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data1,790
Elliminyt3250$707,500Mar qtr 2026 · 12 salesno data$290/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data3,260
Birregurra3242small area: figures can swing$662,5002025 · 18 salesno data$300/wkCensus 2021 (older)−5.4%vs 2024no data942
Colac3250$507,500Mar qtr 2026 · 52 sales$362,500Mar qtr 2026 · 11 sales$260/wkCensus 2021 (older)+10.3%vs Mar qtr 2025no data9,243
Barongarook3249small area: figures can swingno datano data$300/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data458
Barongarook West3249small area: figures can swingno datano data$370/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data291
Beeac3251small area: figures can swingno datatoo few salesno data$220/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data394
Cororooke3254small area: figures can swingno datano data$230/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data358
Forrest3236small area: figures can swingno datano data$290/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data257
Gellibrand3239small area: figures can swingno datano data$235/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data230
Irrewarra3249small area: figures can swingno datano data$238/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data365
Larpent3249small area: figures can swingno datano data$260/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data200
Marengo3233small area: figures can swingno datano data$282/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data272
Skenes Creek3233small area: figures can swingno datano data$295/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data249
Warrion3249small area: figures can swingno datano data$310/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data204

School zones in Colac Otway

Government school zones with a campus in this council area — see the full zone map for suburbs, streets and what changed since last year.

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secondary 3

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