Suburb profile

Kennett River VIC 3234

Kennett River is located in the Warrnambool and South West Victoria region of Victoria, postcode 3234. It has 323 properties across 16 streets. Explore every street in Kennett River, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Kennett River

Kennett River, VIC 3234, sits in the Warrnambool and South West Victoria region and neighbours Barramunga, Mount Sabine, Wye River and Wongarra. Its 16 streets hold 323 properties, 195 of them houses and 128 units.

Census figures are for the Otway area, which covers the whole suburb. Otway had 4,008 residents, a median age of 52 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $1,167 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,387 a month and the median rent $285 a week. Of 1,602 dwellings, 1,451 were separate houses, 84 semi-detached, 36 flats and 23 other. Tenure split into 800 owned outright, 416 owned with a mortgage and 313 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Kennett River

  • 4,008Peoplelive in the area
  • 52Median ageyears
  • $1,167Median household incomea week
  • $285Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,451
  • Townhouses and semis84
  • Flats and apartments36
  • Other23

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,387a month
  • Household size2.1people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 800Owned with a mortgage 416Rented 313Other 73

Streets in Kennett River

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.