Colac West
VIC 3250 · Colac Otway
89 (2021) → 88 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Colac West is a suburb in Colac Otway, VIC 3250, about 137km from Melbourne CBD. Recent property sales in Colac West are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 40/100, and is about 44km inland. Colac West has an overall score of 31/100, based on transport, liveability and education. Suburb-level crime data isn't available for a safety score here.
Demographics
Age distribution
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Very small population (under 500) — per-resident rates aren't shown and no safety score is calculated, but the raw incident counts below are still accurate.
Commercial & services hub. This suburb is a major employment and services centre, drawing a significant daily influx of workers and visitors from surrounding areas. Crime figures are recorded by incident location and include offences involving commuters and visitors, not just residents, so the per-resident crime rates below may overstate the risk for people who live here.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year):
Includes street and public-place assaults — supplementary context, not part of the safety score.
Incident-trend chart suppressed for this suburb — its all-category totals don't reflect the small resident base. Raw residential counts are shown above.
Area crime context
Totals include incidents involving commuters and visitors, not just residents.
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria (suburb-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 974 (below the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- Colac South West Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.8kmICSEA 920
- Colac West Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.2kmICSEA 933
- Trinity College ColacSecondary · Catholic · 3.7kmICSEA 1020
- St Mary's SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 3.7kmICSEA 1022
- Sacred Heart SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 3.8kmICSEA 1031
- St Joseph's Flexible Learning Centre Melbourne - Colac CampusSecondary · Catholic · 3.8km
- Lavers Hill K-12 College - Greater Otway Applied Learning SchoolCombined · Government · 4.1km
- Colac Specialist SchoolCombined · Government · 4.3kmICSEA 936
- Colac Secondary CollegeSecondary · Government · 4.6kmICSEA 945
- Colac Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.8kmICSEA 971
- Elliminyt Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.8kmICSEA 985
- St Brendan's SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 7.2kmICSEA 975
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
Entertainment Scene
No data
Entertainment venue data isn't available for this suburb.
No licensed pubs, bars or clubs are registered in this suburb per the VGCCC register.
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Source: OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Colac West
How far is Colac West from Melbourne CBD?
Colac West is about 137.0 km from Melbourne CBD.
What schools are in Colac West?
Colac West has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Colac West?
Colac West has a transport score of 40/100 and 1 bus stops.