Suburb profile

Nelson VIC 3292

Nelson is located in the Warrnambool and South West Victoria region of Victoria, postcode 3292. It has 474 properties across 39 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Nelson, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Nelson

Nelson, VIC 3292, sits in the Warrnambool and South West Victoria region and neighbours Drik Drik, Mount Richmond and Mumbannar. Its 39 streets hold 474 properties, 347 of them houses and 127 units.

Census figures are for Glenelg (Vic.), where 8,920 residents had a median age of 51 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,234 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,073 a month and the median rent $180 a week. Of 3,596 dwellings, 3,476 were separate houses, 35 semi-detached, 36 flats and 41 other; 1,892 were owned outright, 1,059 owned with a mortgage and 442 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Nelson

  • 8,920Peoplelive in the area
  • 51Median ageyears
  • $1,234Median household incomea week
  • $180Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,476
  • Townhouses and semis35
  • Flats and apartments36
  • Other41

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,073a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,892Owned with a mortgage 1,059Rented 442Other 203

Streets in Nelson

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.