Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

It is home to the main Geelong campus of Deakin University and the regional Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre.

The town was named after the Waurn chain of ponds, a watercourse that flows from Mount Moriac over 30 km into the Barwon River.

Local residents and the Victorian RSL President Bruce Ruxton campaigned that the Avenue of Honour would not be auctioned and that the site be protected.

The Victorian State Government overturned the sale of the Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve and a Committee of Management was appointed with Mr Jack Harriott been the Chair.

A re dedication service was held with a plaque listing the Waurn Ponds W.W.1 Servicemen unveiled.

It starts around the Mount Moriac region and eventually flows into the Barwon River near Belmont Common.

The creek is home to species of fish (many introduced) including Carp, Redfin, Roach, Tench, Australian Grayling and short finned eels.

The creek also is a large habitat of native birds including the pacific black duck.

The boundaries of Waurn Ponds were expanded in 2012 when, as a result of boundary changes related to the development of the nearby Armstrong Creek Growth Area, an area of land in the west of the current suburb between the Princes Highway and the Geelong-Warrnambool railway line was shifted from the locality of Mount Duneed to Waurn Ponds.

Waurn Ponds is located on the Princes Highway that links the suburb with the centre of Geelong.

[23] The Deakin University campus at Waurn Ponds had the beginnings in the Gordon Institute of TAFE, who purchased land there in 1969.

The most recent expansion was completed in August 2014, and increased the total area of the centre to 47,000 square metres.