Grampians, VIC
About the Grampians region
This Victorian region spans the area from the western edge of Metropolitan Melbourne to the South Australian border, flanked to the north by the Loddon Mallee region and to the south by the Barwon South West region. About half of its population is concentrated in the large regional city of Ballarat, but it also contains smaller regional centres such as Horsham, Ararat and Daylesford.
The region is steeped in agricultural and gold rush history, and is home to such heritage sites as Sovereign Hill and the Silo Arts Trail. It is also an area of great natural beauty. Visitors flock from far away to visit its natural attractions, including Mt Arapiles, the Little Desert National Park, and the mountains of the Grampians National Park (which give the region its name).
The traditional owners of the Grampians region include the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk family groups and the Djabwurrung, Wathaurung, Dja Dja Wurrung and Wurundjeri people.
Local councils
Victoria's Grampians region includes eleven municipalities: Ararat Rural City, City of Ballarat, Golden Plains Shire, Hepburn Shire, Hindmarsh Shire, Horsham Rural City, Moorabool Shire, Northern Grampians Shire, Pyrenees Shire, West Wimmera Shire and Yarriambiack Shire
Climate information
The Grampions region enjoys warm to hot summers and cool winters, with frosts occurring frequently. The average maximum temperature in summer is 27-30 °C in the region's west and 25 °C in its east, while winters see an average maximum temperature of 13-15 °C in the west and 10 °C in the east.
Rainfall is variable in the Grampians. The Grampians mountains (which give the region its name) receive 1000 mm annually, on average, while areas in the north of the region get only 300 mm.
Population
The estimated population of the Grampians region is reported as 247,050 as of 2018.
Education
The Grampians region offers excellent education opportunities for its residents, with a number of public and private pre-schools, kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools all available in the region.
There are also tertiary education options available. The region is home to several universities — the University of Ballarat, along with campuses of the Australian Catholic University, Federation University and the University of Melbourne — and one TAFE (NMIT College of Wine).
Employment and local businesses
The Grampians region has a Gross Regional Product of $10.7 billion, and boasts 101,592 local jobs. The region's top five industries by number of people employed are healthcare & social assistance, retail, manufacturing, education, and construction.
Although not among the top five industries by employment, agriculture and food production are significant contributors to the economy of the Grampians. The region features extensive dryland farming area, particularly in its Wimmera Southern Mallee sub-region. Meanwhile, the growth of the Grampians' services sector is largely due to the existence of rural commercial centres within its Central Highlands sub-region, particularly Ballarat and Horsham.
Housing
There is no listed median house price for the Grampians region.
The region had a median weekly house rental (for a 3-bedroom home) of $270, $70 below Victoria's median.
Events
Where: Stawell, VIC
When: Annually, over the Easter Long Weekend
What: Every year, professional athletes from across Australia and the world make the trek to the unassuming former gold-mining town of Stawell to take part in the Stawell Gift, one of the world's most famous and prestigious foot races. It has a long and storied history, having been held annually since 1878, and is also one of the few remaining races to be run on grass rather than on a synthetic rubber track. Australian athletics legends Cathy Freeman, Steve Hooker and Sally Pearson have all graced the Stawell track at one time or another, making the Stawell Gift a must-visit for sports-mad folks hoping to catch a glimpse of their idols.
Where: Ballarat, VIC
When: Annually, in March
What: The Ballarat Begonia Festival is a floral carnival that has been delighting visitors of all ages since its inauguration in 1953. Throughout its three-week run, the festival offers guests a schedule packed with markets, parades and workshops, in addition to the floral installations and garden displays that light up the city. No visit to the festival is complete without dropping by the Conservatory to admire the creative display of begonias there, either!
Where: Halls Gap, VIC
When: Annually, in May
What: Experience the majesty of the Grampians like never before at this iconic local festival, which highlights all the best the region has to offer in the way of food, wine and music. There are over 120 stalls available for visitors to peruse, selling food, hand-crafted goods and more. For those who want a more hands-on experience, there are also cooking demonstrations from guest chefs, masterclasses, and plenty of great live music, as well as lots of fun activities for the kids.
Additional Information
Grampians has 11 subregions. Use the list below or the map above to learn more about individual subregions.
Grampians Schools
- Government Schools
- Independent Schools
Combined
- Bannockburn P-12 College BANNOCKBURN VIC 3331
- Edenhope College EDENHOPE VIC 3318
- Goroke P-12 College GOROKE VIC 3412
- Hopetoun P-12 College HOPETOUN VIC 3396
- Hopetoun P-12 College-Primary Campus HOPETOUN VIC 3396
- Kaniva College KANIVA VIC 3419
- Lake Bolac College LAKE BOLAC VIC 3351
- Maryborough Education Centre MARYBOROUGH VIC 3465
- Maryborough Education Centre-Beckworth Campus MARYBOROUGH VIC 3465
- Murtoa College MURTOA VIC 3390
- Nhill College NHILL VIC 3418
- Northern Bay P-12 College-Staughton Vale Outdoor Education Centre STAUGHTON VALE VIC 3221
- Phoenix P-12 Community College SEBASTOPOL VIC 3356
- Phoenix P-12 Community College-Redan Campus SEBASTOPOL VIC 3356
- Rainbow P-12 College RAINBOW VIC 3424
- Yuille Park P-8 Community College WENDOUREE VIC 3355
- Yuille Park P-8 Community College-Young Parents Campus DELACOMBE VIC 3356
- Yuille Park P-8 Community College-Yuille Campus WENDOUREE VIC 3355
Primary
- Alfredton Primary School ALFREDTON VIC 3350
- Amphitheatre Primary School AMPHITHEATRE VIC 3468
- Anakie Primary School ANAKIE VIC 3213
- Apsley Primary School APSLEY VIC 3319
- Ararat North Primary School ARARAT VIC 3377
- Ararat Primary School ARARAT VIC 3377
- Ararat West Primary School ARARAT VIC 3377
- Avoca Primary School AVOCA VIC 3467
- Bacchus Marsh Primary School BACCHUS MARSH VIC 3340
- Ballan Primary School BALLAN VIC 3342
- Ballarat North Primary School BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street) BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Balliang East Primary School BALLIANG EAST VIC 3340
- Bealiba Primary School BEALIBA VIC 3475
- Beaufort Primary School BEAUFORT VIC 3373
- Beulah Primary School BEULAH VIC 3395
- Black Hill Primary School BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Buangor Primary School BUANGOR VIC 3375
- Bullarto Primary School BULLARTO VIC 3461
- Bungaree Primary School BUNGAREE VIC 3352
- Buninyong Primary School BUNINYONG VIC 3357
- Buninyong Primary School-Scotsburn Primary School SCOTSBURN VIC 3352
- Caledonian Primary School BROWN HILL VIC 3350
- Canadian Lead Primary School BALLARAT EAST VIC 3350
- Cape Clear Primary School CAPE CLEAR VIC 3351
- Carisbrook Primary School CARISBROOK VIC 3464
- Clunes Primary School CLUNES VIC 3370
- Coimadai Primary School COIMADAI VIC 3340
- Concongella Primary School CONCONGELLA VIC 3384
- Creswick North Primary School CRESWICK VIC 3363
- Creswick Primary School CRESWICK VIC 3363
- Darley Primary School BACCHUS MARSH VIC 3340
- Daylesford Primary School DAYLESFORD VIC 3460
- Delacombe Primary School DELACOMBE VIC 3356
- Dimboola Primary School DIMBOOLA VIC 3414
- Drummond Primary School DRUMMOND VIC 3461
- Elmhurst Primary School ELMHURST VIC 3469
- Forest Street Primary School WENDOUREE VIC 3355
- Forest Street Primary School-Forest Street Deaf Facility WENDOUREE VIC 3355
- Glen Park Primary School GLEN PARK VIC 3352
- Gordon Primary School GORDON VIC 3345
- Great Western Primary School GREAT WESTERN VIC 3374
- Guildford Primary School GUILDFORD VIC 3451
- Haddon Primary School HADDON VIC 3351
- Halls Gap Primary School HALLS GAP VIC 3381
- Hepburn Primary School HEPBURN VIC 3461
- Horsham Primary School HORSHAM VIC 3402
- Horsham Primary School-Rassmussen Road Campus HORSHAM VIC 3402
- Horsham West and Haven Primary School HORSHAM VIC 3402
- Horsham West and Haven Primary School-Haven Campus HAVEN VIC 3401
- Inverleigh Primary School INVERLEIGH VIC 3321
- Invermay Primary School INVERMAY VIC 3352
- Jeparit Primary School JEPARIT VIC 3423
- Laharum Primary School LAHARUM VIC 3401
- Lal Lal Primary School LAL LAL VIC 3352
- Landsborough Primary School LANDSBOROUGH VIC 3384
- Lethbridge Primary School LETHBRIDGE VIC 3332
- Linton Primary School LINTON VIC 3360
- Little Bendigo Primary School NERRINA VIC 3350
- Lucas Primary School BALLARAT WEST VIC 3350
- Macarthur Street Primary School SOLDIERS HILL VIC 3350
- Magpie Primary School MAGPIE VIC 3352
- Marnoo Primary School MARNOO VIC 3387
- Maroona Primary School MAROONA VIC 3377
- Meredith Primary School MEREDITH VIC 3333
- Miners Rest Primary School MINERS REST VIC 3352
- Minyip Primary School MINYIP VIC 3392
- Moonambel Primary School MOONAMBEL VIC 3478
- Mount Blowhard Primary School BLOWHARD VIC 3352
- Mount Clear Primary School MOUNT CLEAR VIC 3350
- Mount Egerton Primary School MOUNT EGERTON VIC 3352
- Mount Pleasant Primary School BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Moyston Primary School MOYSTON VIC 3377
- Myrniong Primary School MYRNIONG VIC 3341
- Napoleons Primary School NAPOLEONS VIC 3352
- Natimuk Primary School NATIMUK VIC 3409
- Natte Yallock Primary School NATTE YALLOCK VIC 3465
- Navarre Primary School NAVARRE VIC 3384
- Newlyn Primary School NEWLYN VIC 3364
- Pentland Primary School BACCHUS MARSH VIC 3340
- Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat) LAKE WENDOUREE VIC 3350
- Pomonal Primary School POMONAL VIC 3381
- Rokewood Primary School ROKEWOOD VIC 3330
- Rollins Primary School-Batesford Campus BATESFORD VIC 3213
- Rupanyup Primary School RUPANYUP VIC 3388
- Sebastopol Primary School SEBASTOPOL VIC 3356
- Shelford Primary School SHELFORD VIC 3329
- St Arnaud Primary School ST ARNAUD VIC 3478
- Stawell Primary School STAWELL VIC 3380
- Stawell West Primary School STAWELL VIC 3380
- Talbot Primary School TALBOT VIC 3371
- Teesdale Primary School TEESDALE VIC 3328
- Tempy Primary School TEMPY VIC 3489
- Trawalla Primary School TRAWALLA VIC 3373
- Trentham District Primary School TRENTHAM VIC 3458
- Urquhart Park Primary School BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Warracknabeal Primary School WARRACKNABEAL VIC 3393
- Warrenheip Primary School WARRENHEIP VIC 3352
- Waubra Primary School WAUBRA VIC 3352
- Wendouree Primary School WENDOUREE VIC 3355
- Willaura Primary School WILLAURA VIC 3379
- Windermere Primary School WINDERMERE VIC 3352
- Woady Yaloak Primary School SMYTHESDALE VIC 3351
- Woady Yaloak Primary School-Ross Creek Campus ROSS CREEK VIC 3351
- Woady Yaloak Primary School-Scarsdale Campus SCARSDALE VIC 3351
- Woady Yaloak Primary School-Snake Valley Campus SNAKE VALLEY VIC 3351
- Woomelang Group School WOOMELANG VIC 3485
- Yaapeet Primary School YAAPEET VIC 3424
- Yandoit Primary School YANDOIT VIC 3461
Secondary
- Ararat Secondary College ARARAT VIC 3377
- Ararat Secondary College-School Farm Campus ARARAT VIC 3377
- Bacchus Marsh College BACCHUS MARSH VIC 3340
- Ballarat High School BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Beaufort Secondary College BEAUFORT VIC 3373
- Daylesford Secondary College DAYLESFORD VIC 3460
- Dimboola Memorial Secondary College DIMBOOLA VIC 3414
- Horsham College HORSHAM VIC 3402
- Horsham College-Baillie Street Campus HORSHAM VIC 3402
- Horsham College-Mc Kenzie Creek Campus MCKENZIE CREEK VIC 3401
- Mount Clear College MOUNT CLEAR VIC 3350
- Mount Clear College-G Place Campus BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Mount Rowan Secondary College WENDOUREE VIC 3355
- Mount Rowan Secondary College - Woodmans Hill Campus BALLARAT EAST VIC 3350
- Mount Rowan Secondary College-LinkUp - Ballarat Learning Exchange Campus BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Mount Rowan Secondary College-LinkUp - Farm Experience Campus ALFREDTON VIC 3350
- Mount Rowan Secondary College-Young Parents Campus DELACOMBE VIC 3356
- St Arnaud Secondary College ST ARNAUD VIC 3478
- Stawell Secondary College STAWELL VIC 3380
- Warracknabeal Secondary College WARRACKNABEAL VIC 3393
- Warracknabeal Secondary College-Warracknabeal and Community Re-engagement Program WARRACKNABEAL VIC 3393
- Woodmans Hill Secondary College BALLARAT EAST VIC 3350
Special
- Ballarat Specialist School LAKE GARDENS VIC 3355
- Ballarat Specialist School - Midlands Farm Campus INVERMAY PARK VIC 3350
- Frankston Special Developmental School-Blackwood Special Schools Outdoor Education Centre BLACKWOOD VIC 3458
- Horsham Special School HORSHAM VIC 3402
- Skene Street School Stawell STAWELL VIC 3380
- Sovereign Hill School BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Warracknabeal Special Developmental School WARRACKNABEAL VIC 3393
Combined
- Bacchus Marsh Grammar BACCHUS MARSH VIC 3340
- Bacchus Marsh Grammar - Staughton Vale Farm Campus BACCHUS MARSH VIC 3340
- Ballarat Christian College SEBASTOPOL VIC 3356
- Ballarat Clarendon College BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Ballarat Clarendon College - Second Campus BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Ballarat Grammar WENDOUREE VIC 3355
- Ballarat Grammar - Mount Rowan Campus MOUNT ROWAN VIC 3352
- Glenvale School - Stawell Centre STAWELL VIC 3380
- Holy Trinity Lutheran College HORSHAM VIC 3400
Primary
- Ballarat Steiner School MOUNT HELEN VIC 3350
- Daylesford Dharma School DAYLESFORD VIC 3460
- Emmaus Catholic Primary School MOUNT CLEAR VIC 3350
- Lumen Christi School DELACOMBE VIC 3356
- Nhill Lutheran School NHILL VIC 3418
- Our Lady Help of Christians School MURTOA VIC 3390
- Our Lady Help of Christians School WENDOUREE VIC 3355
- Siena Catholic Primary School ALFREDTON VIC 3350
- St Alipius' Parish School BALLARAT EAST VIC 3350
- St Aloysius' School REDAN VIC 3350
- St Augustine's School MARYBOROUGH VIC 3465
- St Augustine's School CRESWICK VIC 3363
- St Bernard's School BACCHUS MARSH VIC 3340
- St Brendan's Primary School DUNNSTOWN VIC 3352
- St Brigid's School BALLAN VIC 3342
- St Columba's School BALLARAT NORTH VIC 3350
- St Francis Xavier School BALLARAT EAST VIC 3350
- St James' School SEBASTOPOL VIC 3356
- St Joseph's School HOPETOUN VIC 3396
- St Malachy's School EDENHOPE VIC 3318
- St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School, Bannockburn BANNOCKBURN VIC 3333
- St Mary's School WARRACKNABEAL VIC 3393
- St Mary's School ARARAT VIC 3377
- St Mary's School CLARKES HILL VIC 3352
- St Michael & St John's School HORSHAM VIC 3400
- St Michael's School DAYLESFORD VIC 3460
- St Patrick's School BALLARAT VIC 3350
- St Patrick's School GORDON VIC 3345
- St Patrick's School ST ARNAUD VIC 3478
- St Patrick's School STAWELL VIC 3380
- St Patrick's School NHILL VIC 3418
- St Peter's Lutheran School DIMBOOLA VIC 3414
- St Thomas More School ALFREDTON VIC 3350
Secondary
- Damascus College MOUNT CLEAR VIC 3350
- Highview College MARYBOROUGH VIC 3465
- Loreto College BALLARAT VIC 3350
- Marian College ARARAT VIC 3377
- SEDA College (Victoria) - Multi Ballarat BALLARAT VIC 3350
- St Brigid's College HORSHAM VIC 3400
- St Patrick's College BALLARAT VIC 3350
Special
- Berry Street School - Ballarat Campus SEBASTOPOL VIC 3356
Grampians Housing
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Houses in Grampians
The price of a house in Grampians ranges from around $22,000 to $4,800,000.
A typical house in has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & parking for 2 cars.
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Apartments in Grampians
The price of a apartment in Grampians ranges from around $177,000 to $3,500,000.
A typical apartment in has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom & parking for 2 cars.
Grampians Census Information
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Dwelling Type
What types of residential properties are available in Grampians?
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Tenure Type
Which residential properties in Grampians are owned, mortgaged or rented out?
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Change in Residence
Did people in Grampians change address in the last year?
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Working Population
What age groups are most strongly represented in Grampians?
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Top 5 Industries
What industries do people in Grampians work in?
- Health care and social assistance
- Retail trade
- Education and training
- Construction
- Manufacturing
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Family Size
How many people live in a household in Grampians?
Source: ABS 2016 Census GCP
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