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VIC 3233 · Colac Otway
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
ABS 2021
Cape Otway, Victoria
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Cape Otway VIC
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Cape Otway is 8,901 offences per 100,000 residents — 119% above the Rest of Vic. benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Cape Otway.
Overall crime rate
8,901
offences per 100,000 residents
119% aboveRest of Vic.
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Cape Otway VIC 3233 is in Victoria, within Rest of Vic..
34 people call Cape Otway home, with an average of 2.1 people per household and a median household income of $1,124 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
0.0% of workers in Cape Otway worked from home on Census day — about half the rate across Rest of Vic..
50.0% of people in Cape Otway described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Cape Otway VIC 3233.
0.0% of Cape Otway's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.
7 family households lived in Cape Otway; 71.4% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.
0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Cape Otway had 34 residents at the 2021 Census.
23.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
61.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Cape Otway.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
55.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.
44.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.
0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Cape Otway had 2.1 people.
One-person households made up 41.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.
Two-person households represented 58.3%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.
26.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.
One-car households formed 33.3% of the total.
66.7% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
56.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.8% reported a different address.
8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
76.5% of residents used only English at home.
17.6% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
8.8% of Cape Otway's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.5%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 52.9% of ancestry responses in Cape Otway.
Australian ancestry made up 26.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
21.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.
Managers accounted for 26.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.8%.
Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 51.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..
18.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.4% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.
8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
0.0% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
44.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 0.0%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,124 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $147.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $351 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 0.0% in Cape Otway, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..
Outright ownership was 55.6% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.
Renting accounted for 0.0% in Cape Otway, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 7 local families. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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