Restumping in Lara, Geelong

Lara: houses, ground and history

Lara's population more than doubled between 1954 and 1966, from 728 to 1510, and a second primary school opened in 1965. A 2020 flood study published by the City lists significant Hovells Creek and stormwater floods between 1933 and 2010. An archived soil description says the cracking clays of lower slopes and depressions near Lara are expansive. We'll put you in touch with a registered restumper.

• Lara's population more than doubled between 1954 and 1966, from 728 to 1510, and a second primary school opened in the township in 1965, Victorian Places records.

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• The Lara Flood Study summary report (February 2020), published by the City of Greater Geelong, lists significant floods from Hovells Creek and stormwater in 1933, 1973, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2005 and 2010, and found many properties on Lara's eastern side, from Kyema Drive to Archimedes Avenue, have floor levels less than 300 mm above the 1% AEP flood level.

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• An archived Victorian Resources Online soil-landform description says the gently undulating plains near Lara are developed on Quaternary basalt of the Western Plains, and that the cracking clay soils of their lower slopes and depressions are expansive and drain very slowly.

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• At the 2021 Census, households in Lara averaged 2.7 people.

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Lara had 19,014 residents at the 2021 Census (ABS QuickStats).