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3227 · Greater Geelong · 4,353 residents
Barwon Heads is a town on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, and is bounded to the west by farmland, golf courses and the saline ephemeral wetland of Murtnaghurt Lagoon. Barwon Heads earns a AusScore of 74 (A) — excellent overall liveability. Its standout strength is excellent public transport. 3 school zones fall within its boundaries, and median rent sits around $570 a week.
Everyday amenities that lift the score
Recorded crime that lowers the score
Safety-weighted, so a very safe suburb with modest amenity outranks a high-amenity suburb with severe crime. Full methodology
Recorded offences per 1,000 residents, graded against the Victorian median. Lower is safer.
Grades use a 3-year averagerate, so one unusually quiet or busy year can't swing the result.
Offences per 1,000 residents over the last decade, against the Victorian median. A line below the dashed median means this suburb is safer than the typical Victorian suburb.
Over the past decade, property & deception offences — the bulk of recorded crime — eased from 49 to 25 per 1,000 residents in Barwon Heads (down from a 49 peak in 2016). That keeps it 13% below the typical Victorian suburb — a reassuring sign for anyone living here. Most safety measures here have worsened over ten years.
Recorded offences in the latest year.
Alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents, against the Victorian average. The Crime Statistics Agency reports this by council, not by suburb, so it covers all of Greater Geelong and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Greater Geelong with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Greater Geelong council has risen from 4.3 to 4.9 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 2.9 in 2021. Since that low it has climbed about 68% — a worrying reversal that mirrors the statewide trend.
Nearest police station, hospital, ambulance and fire facilities to this suburb.
The nearest of each — distance shown when it’s outside the suburb (measured straight-line from the centre).
GP and private medical clinics are not published as open government data, so they are not shown.
Median weekly rent across all rentals. Source: DFFH Rental Report (Residential Tenancies Bond Authority) — © State of Victoria, reused under CC BY 4.0.
Public-transport lines within a 1 km walk and how well each mode is served.
1 public transport linereachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Marshall Station · 17.1 km away
Official government primary and secondary school catchment zones covering this suburb.
Everyday amenities near the suburb centre, from the Vicmap government registers — these feed the parks, retail and family parts of the AusScore.