Terang vs Boorcan
Boorcan is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 49 in Terang. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Terang, about half of households are people living alone. In Boorcan, most households are couple families. On these figures, Terang tends to suit older residents, while Boorcan 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
Terang
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (6 vs 1)
- has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)
- has more childcare (3 vs 0)
- But Boorcan carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 43/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Terang
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 35%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Terang
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($225/wk vs $250/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Boorcan
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (146 min vs 159 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (202.7 km vs 214.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Terang
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- has more GPs (3 vs 0)
- has more residents already 65 and over (27% vs 11%)
- But Boorcan carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 43/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Terang and Boorcan drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Terang has more residents (2,254 vs 142); Terang skews older (49 vs 39).
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,254 +94% vs other | 142 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -1.5% | -2.7% |
| Median age | 49 | 39 |
| Median household income | $60,424/yr | $67,184/yr +11% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $225/wk | $250/wk +11% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.7%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $415,000 | — |
| Median unit price | $439,500 | — |
| Median land price | $315,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 50 days from 14 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 91% | 99% |
| Parks and recreation | 4% | 0% |
| Residential | 2% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 2% | 1% |
| 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
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 60 across Corangamite same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +117% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 9% of VIC | — |
| Income | Higher than 21% of VIC | Higher than 28% of VIC |
| Schools | Higher than 74% of VIC | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 66% of VIC | Higher than 36% of VIC |
| Affordability | Higher than 80% of VIC | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 8% of VIC | Higher than 13% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 74% of VIC | Higher than 60% of VIC |
Liveability
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 41/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | advantaged area decile 7/10 |
Risk profile
Terang carries more crime risk (43 vs 31); Terang carries more bushfire risk (74 vs 59).
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 74/100 | Moderate 59/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 43/100 | Low 31/100 |
| Flood | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 3 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Terang
- Terang College Government · Combined above peers
- St Thomas' School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Hampden P-12 School-Terang Campus Government · Primary · Special school
Schools in Boorcan
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 1 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 6 | 1 |
| Childcare | 3 | 0 |
| GPs | 3 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 2 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 1 | 2 |
Mobility
Terang sits further from the CBD (214.3 km vs 202.7 km).
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 4/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 214.3 km +5% vs other | 202.7 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 159 min | 146 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 3264 | 0.2% postcode 3265 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 33 postcode 3264 | 41 postcode 3265 |
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.7%).
Setting
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 131 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 137 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 32.9 km | 41.4 km |
NBN connectivity
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 51/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 21% 1,231 premises | 0% 66 premises |
Climate
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 717 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,335/yr same for both | |
| Council | Corangamite same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Wannon same for both | |
| Member | Dan Tehan same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Terang | Boorcan | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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