Port Campbell, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Port Campbell is a small coastal town in south-west Victoria, on the Great Ocean Road about 224 kilometres from Melbourne and 67 kilometres east of Warrnambool. It was settled in the 1870s and named after Captain Alexander Campbell, a whaler and colonist. A post office opened in 1874 and the first wharf was built in 1880. Today the town is best known as the gateway to some of Australia's most famous coastline: it sits beside Port Campbell National Park and lies about 12 kilometres west of the Twelve Apostles, the towering limestone stacks that draw visitors from around the world. A small crayfishing fleet still works from the bay alongside the tourism trade.
More advantaged than the national average
Port Campbell is more socio-economically advantaged than about 66% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1016, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Port Campbell a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Port Campbell from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
66/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (66/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
65/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $240 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 65% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Port Campbell at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 440
- Median age
- 40
- Median weekly household income
- $1,852
- SEIFA score
- 1016
- Local government area
- Corangamite
- Coordinates
- -38.6130, 143.0164
Map of Port Campbell
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Housing & property in Port Campbell
What it costs to live in Port Campbell and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $240
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,712
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 22%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Port Campbell demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Port Campbell demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Port Campbell using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 26% and 11% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 80 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 46 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 109 | 25% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 110 | 26% |
| Seniors (65+) | 85 | 20% |
Share of the 430 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 72 | 44% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 46 | 28% |
| Rented | 36 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 156 | 98% |
| Townhouses & semis | 4 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 160 occupied private dwellings in Port Campbell.
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,446
- Median weekly personal income
- $923
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 46 (11%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 26 (6%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 187 (55%)
- Labour-force participation
- 69.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.2%
- Employed full-time
- 111
- Employed part-time
- 95
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Port Campbell
Is Port Campbell a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Port Campbell rates 66/100 overall (Strong on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Port Campbell?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Port Campbell was $240, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,712. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Port Campbell?
Port Campbell is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Corangamite local government area.
What is the population of Port Campbell?
At the 2021 Census, Port Campbell had a population of about 440.
Is Port Campbell an advantaged area?
Port Campbell has an ABS SEIFA score of 1016, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 66 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 66% of Australian suburbs.
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