Douglas
VIC 3401 • Victoria
About Douglas
Douglas is a small rural locality in the Hindmarsh Shire of the Wimmera region in western Victoria, located near the town of Dimboola. The area forms part of the flat, wheat-growing Wimmera plains, a landscape of vast paddocks, remnant mallee scrub and the occasional salt lake. Douglas shares postcode 3401 with the township of Dimboola, which provides the nearest services and community facilities. The Wimmera River threads through the broader district, supporting irrigation and adding ecological diversity to the otherwise dry agricultural plains.
Residents of Douglas are primarily engaged in dryland broadacre farming, particularly wheat, barley and canola production on the fertile Wimmera soils. The nearby town of Dimboola offers a supermarket, schools, hotel, medical services and a railway station with V/Line connections to Melbourne. The Wimmera region's flat landscape is popular with cyclists exploring the Wimmera Rail Trail, and the Little Desert National Park to the south provides excellent native wildlife and wildflower experiences. It is a community shaped by the rhythms of the agricultural calendar and the wide horizons of the inland plains.
Douglas falls under postcode 3401 and is governed by the West Wimmera Council (Local Government Area). For federal elections, residents vote in the electorate of Wannon, while state elections fall under the Lowan (Western Victoria) electorate.
Location
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Income
ATO taxable income Postcode 3401
Median taxable income for individual taxpayers in postcode 3401, comparing the 2019–20 and 2023–24 financial years.
Source: ATO Taxation Statistics 2023–24, Individuals Table 8 (median & average taxable income by postcode). Covers all individuals who lodged a return in postcode 3401; postcodes with fewer than 200 lodgments are suppressed by the ATO.
Transport & Commute
Nearest Train Stations
Commute to Melbourne CBD
🛣️ Western Highway (Henty Highway) route through Horsham
Rural Wimmera locality; car required for all daily needs
Supermarkets Nearby
No major supermarkets listed for this suburb.
Schools
No schools listed for this postcode.
Demographics
Population Growth
Gender Distribution (Census 2021)
Crime Statistics LGA-wide
These are the latest rates for the West Wimmera Local Government Area, which contains Douglas. Rates are per 100,000 residents for the year ending September 2025; trends compare 2 and 10 year periods.
Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria