The town is in the Shire of Corangamite local government area, located approximately 213 kilometres (132 mi) south-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

[2] The main industries within the region are dairying, forestry, and lemon and lime farming.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by people from the Girawurung Aboriginal language group.

[3] By 1889 the township of “New Timboon” offered land for sale confident of the coming of the railway to the area.

In 1892 the railway arrived, the Timboon branch line that construction had started in 1889 at Camperdown.

As the country opened up dairy farming became popular, the production of milk, cheese and butter are still central to the local economy.

95.8% of people spoke English at home; the next-most common languages were 0.6% Netherlandic and 0.4% Persian.

94.8% of people spoke English at home; the next-most common languages were 0.9% Samoan, 0.4% Afrikaans, 0.4% Italian and 0.4% Indonesian.

92.2% of people spoke English at home; the next-most common languages were 0.5% Mandarin and 0.4% Bulgarian.

The other top responses were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 0.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7% and the Philippines 0.6%.

89.6% of people spoke English at home; the next-most common languages were 0.5% Russian, 0.5% Mandarin and 0.4% Ukrainian.

The town has a number of small businesses including an IGA Supermarket, Home Timber & Hardware store, post office, chemist, newsagent, clothing stores, a baker, hairdresser, a National Australia bank branch, and a laundromat.

The club was created when Heytesbury Demons and Timboon Saints merged in late 2002.

[11] The Corangamite Lions soccer team based out of the Scott's Creek recreation reserve also draws from the area.