Colac vs Elliminyt

Elliminyt is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 44 in Colac. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Colac, about half of households are people living alone. In Elliminyt, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Elliminyt: a median of $650,000, against $500,000 in Colac, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Colac tends to suit people living alone, older residents, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Elliminyt suits families with children and couples.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Colac has more parks and reserves (20 vs 3)
  • Elliminyt carries lower crime risk (25/100 vs 83/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Colac has cheaper houses ($500,000 vs $650,000)
  • Elliminyt leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 25%)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Colac

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (31% vs 10%)
  • has cheaper rent ($260/wk vs $290/wk)
  • But Elliminyt leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 24%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Colac sits closer to the CBD (151.9 km vs 155.3 km)
  • Elliminyt is more walkable (40/100 vs 4/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Colac

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (5 vs 0)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (14% vs 4%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 18%)
  • But Elliminyt is more walkable (40/100 vs 4/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Colac returns a higher gross yield on houses (5.7% vs 4.5%)
  • Elliminyt is growing faster (12.4% vs 2.2%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Colac and Elliminyt drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Colac Elliminyt
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Colac Elliminyt
Walkability 4 / 40
Colac — Walkability: 4/100 Elliminyt — Walkability: 40/100
Safety 17 / 75
Colac — Safety: 17/100 Elliminyt — Safety: 75/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Colac — Low fire risk: 100/100 Elliminyt — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 1 / 35
Colac — Low flood risk: 1/100 Elliminyt — Low flood risk: 35/100

Demographics

Colac has more residents (9,243 vs 3,260); Elliminyt has higher household incomes ($94,380 vs $57,616).

Colac Elliminyt
Population 9,243
+65% vs other
 3,260
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.2% +12.4%
Median age 44 41
Median household income $57,616/yr $94,380/yr
+64% vs other
Median weekly rent $260/wk $290/wk
+12% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Colac Elliminyt
0-4 5.4% / 5.6%
Colac — 0-4: 5.4% Elliminyt — 0-4: 5.6%
5-14 10.7% / 14.5%
Colac — 5-14: 10.7% Elliminyt — 5-14: 14.5%
15-19 5.0% / 7.3%
Colac — 15-19: 5.0% Elliminyt — 15-19: 7.3%
20-24 5.4% / 5.0%
Colac — 20-24: 5.4% Elliminyt — 20-24: 5.0%
25-34 13.8% / 10.0%
Colac — 25-34: 13.8% Elliminyt — 25-34: 10.0%
35-44 10.6% / 12.5%
Colac — 35-44: 10.6% Elliminyt — 35-44: 12.5%
45-54 11.2% / 13.5%
Colac — 45-54: 11.2% Elliminyt — 45-54: 13.5%
55-64 11.8% / 13.2%
Colac — 55-64: 11.8% Elliminyt — 55-64: 13.2%
65-74 12.6% / 10.5%
Colac — 65-74: 12.6% Elliminyt — 65-74: 10.5%
75-84 9.0% / 6.3%
Colac — 75-84: 9.0% Elliminyt — 75-84: 6.3%
85+ 4.8% / 1.5%
Colac — 85+: 4.8% Elliminyt — 85+: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Colac 25.5% couple families
Colac — Couple Families: 25.5% Colac — Lone Person: 51.2% Colac — One Parent Families: 15.5% Colac — Group Household: 5.8% Colac — Other Families: 2.0%
Elliminyt 56.2% couple families
Elliminyt — Couple Families: 56.2% Elliminyt — Lone Person: 29.8% Elliminyt — One Parent Families: 10.7% Elliminyt — Group Household: 2.9% Elliminyt — Other Families: 0.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Colac 31.3% renting
Colac — Owned Outright: 39.8% Colac — Mortgage: 28.8% Colac — Renting: 31.3%
Elliminyt 10.3% renting
Elliminyt — Owned Outright: 46.0% Elliminyt — Mortgage: 43.8% Elliminyt — Renting: 10.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Colac Elliminyt
Certificate III & IV 17.1% / 17.9%
Colac — Certificate III & IV: 17.1% Elliminyt — Certificate III & IV: 17.9%
Bachelor Degree 6.4% / 8.0%
Colac — Bachelor Degree: 6.4% Elliminyt — Bachelor Degree: 8.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.8% / 8.0%
Colac — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8% Elliminyt — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0%
Postgraduate Degree 1.4% / 1.7%
Colac — Postgraduate Degree: 1.4% Elliminyt — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.9% / 2.1%
Colac — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9% Elliminyt — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.9%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Colac Elliminyt
England 1.4% / 1.2%
Colac — England: 1.4% Elliminyt — England: 1.2%
China 1.5% / 0.4%
Colac — China: 1.5% Elliminyt — China: 0.4%
New Zealand 1.0% / 0.6%
Colac — New Zealand: 1.0% Elliminyt — New Zealand: 0.6%
Taiwan 1.3% / —
Colac — Taiwan: 1.3% Elliminyt — Taiwan: not among its largest
Philippines 0.6% / 0.5%
Colac — Philippines: 0.6% Elliminyt — Philippines: 0.5%
India 0.6% / —
Colac — India: 0.6% Elliminyt — India: not among its largest
Sri Lanka — / 0.6%
Colac — Sri Lanka: not among its largest Elliminyt — Sri Lanka: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (1.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Colac 85.9% houses
Colac — Houses: 85.9% Colac — Townhouses: 12.6% Colac — Flats / Apartments: 1.5%
Elliminyt 96.0% houses
Elliminyt — Houses: 96.0% Elliminyt — Townhouses: 3.8% Elliminyt — Flats / Apartments: 0.3%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Colac Elliminyt
Median house price $500,000 $650,000
Median unit price $415,000 $420,000
Median land price $260,000 $285,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 36 days
from 112 sales
 54 days
from 42 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Colac Elliminyt
2 bed $420K / $488K
Colac — 2 bed: $420K (31 sales) Elliminyt — 2 bed: $488K (5 sales)

31 vs 5 sales

3 bed $500K / $578K
Colac — 3 bed: $500K (172 sales) Elliminyt — 3 bed: $578K (34 sales)

172 vs 34 sales

4 bed $620K / $685K
Colac — 4 bed: $620K (40 sales) Elliminyt — 4 bed: $685K (38 sales)

40 vs 38 sales

5 bed $698K / $849K
Colac — 5 bed: $698K (8 sales) Elliminyt — 5 bed: $849K (7 sales)

8 vs 7 sales

Zoning mix

Elliminyt has more rural and farming land (76% vs 2%).

Colac Elliminyt
Parks and recreation 78% 4%
Rural and farming 2% 76%
Residential 16% 14%
Industrial 1% 3%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 3%
Commercial 1% 0%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Colac Elliminyt
New dwellings approved 226
across Colac Otway
same for both
Approvals change year on year +64%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Colac Elliminyt
Houses 5.7%
$575/wk on $525K
 4.5%
$625/wk on $725K
Units 4.6%
$405/wk on $455K
 —

Ranking within VIC

Colac Elliminyt
House price Higher than 11% of VIC Higher than 21% of VIC
Income Higher than 16% of VIC Higher than 65% of VIC
Schools Higher than 65% of VIC —
Walkability Higher than 65% of VIC Higher than 85% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 69% of VIC Higher than 93% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 28% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 77% of VIC Higher than 76% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 100% of VIC Higher than 90% of VIC
Rental yield (units) Higher than 40% of VIC —

Liveability

Elliminyt is more walkable (40 vs 4); Elliminyt scores higher overall (53 vs 27).

Colac Elliminyt
Grade D B
Score 27/100 53/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Colac carries more crime risk (83 vs 25); Colac carries more flood risk (99 vs 65).

Colac Elliminyt
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
83/100
 Low
25/100
Flood High
99/100
 Moderate
65/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 6
within 5 km
 4
within 5 km

Schools

Colac Elliminyt
Inside the suburb 9 2
Rated above peers 3 0
Rated at peers 1 2
Rated below peers 2 0

Schools in Colac

  • Colac Secondary College Government · Secondary above peers
  • St Mary's School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Trinity College Colac Catholic · Secondary above peers
  • Colac Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Colac South West Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • Colac West Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Elliminyt

  • Elliminyt Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Sacred Heart School Catholic · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Colac Elliminyt
Supermarkets 4 0
Cafes & restaurants 13 0
Parks & reserves 20 3
Childcare 10 3
GPs 5 0
Pharmacies 2 0
Hospitals 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 7 0
Fuel stations 4 0
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 1 4

Mobility

Elliminyt sits further from the CBD (155.3 km vs 151.9 km).

Colac Elliminyt
Walkability score 4/100 40/100
Distance to Melbourne 151.9 km 155.3 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 115 min 117 min
Public transport score 74/100
Rail
 35/100
Peak arrivals per hour 29.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 9.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 3250
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 29
postcode 3250
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Colac Elliminyt
Car (driver) 78.1% / 82.3%
Colac — Car (driver): 78.1% Elliminyt — Car (driver): 82.3%
Worked from Home 6.5% / 8.5%
Colac — Worked from Home: 6.5% Elliminyt — Worked from Home: 8.5%
Car (passenger) 8.3% / 5.8%
Colac — Car (passenger): 8.3% Elliminyt — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Walked Only 6.0% / 2.4%
Colac — Walked Only: 6.0% Elliminyt — Walked Only: 2.4%
Bicycle 0.9% / 0.7%
Colac — Bicycle: 0.9% Elliminyt — Bicycle: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.3%).

Setting

Colac Elliminyt
Elevation 115 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 194 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 41.6 km 38.7 km

NBN connectivity

Colac Elliminyt
Connectivity score 67/100 64/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 40%
5,207 premises
 41%
1,434 premises

Climate

Colac Elliminyt
Annual rainfall 607 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Colac Elliminyt
Average residential rate $2,023/yr
same for both
Council Colac Otway
same for both

Federal electorate

Colac Elliminyt
Division Wannon
same for both
Member Dan Tehan
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Colac Elliminyt
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Colac

Affordable Regional Centre Retirees

Elliminyt

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