Arthurs Seat VIC 3936
364 addresses · 23 streets
Flinders Electorate › Mornington Peninsula LGA › Arthurs Seat · 61 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Arthurs Seat is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 414 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,015 a week, with median rent near $435 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dromana statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Arthurs Seat itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
2 beaches
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
2 doctors & medical clinics
2 dentists
5 optometrists
1 hospital
3 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
2 post offices
3 service stations
1 gym
2 playgrounds
1 bakery
2 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
2 plumbers
Getting around. Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 44 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 52.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 52.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 68.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.9% · Labour-force participation 63.9%
Population by age in Arthurs Seat
| 0-4 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 53 |
| 15-19 | 22 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 58 |
| 45-54 | 67 |
| 55-64 | 67 |
| 65-74 | 55 |
| 75-84 | 31 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Arthurs Seat
| House | 148 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Arthurs Seat
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 30 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 53 |
| $3,000+ | 43 |
Top ancestries in Arthurs Seat
| English | 185 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 152 |
| Scottish | 46 |
| Irish | 42 |
| Other | 32 |
| Italian | 30 |
Housing tenure in Arthurs Seat
| Owned | 75 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 60 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Arthurs Seat
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 75 |
| 3 | 36 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Arthurs Seat
| Car | 97 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 67 |
Top countries of birth in Arthurs Seat
| England | 24 |
|---|---|
| United States | 11 |
| Greece | 8 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 |
Languages used at home in Arthurs Seat
| Greek | 9 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
17,846 bird observations recorded near Arthurs Seat — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (1,040)
- Eurasian Blackbird (959)
- Grey Fantail (805)
- Australian Magpie (789)
- Red Wattlebird (779)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (710)
- Laughing Kookaburra (694)
- Little Raven (691)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (677)
- Superb Fairy-wren (663)
- Brown Thornbill (640)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (604)
- Grey Butcherbird (587)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Arthurs Seat
- Eastern Rosella (567)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (562)
- Australian Wood Duck (558)
- Common Myna (554)
- Noisy Miner (542)
- Little Wattlebird (520)
- White-browed Scrubwren (497)
- Eastern Spinebill (492)
- Common Bronzewing (472)
- White-eared Honeyeater (472)
- Magpie-lark (471)
- Common Starling (461)
- Spotted Pardalote (448)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (425)
- Galah (393)
- Straw-necked Ibis (393)
- White-throated Treecreeper (381)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Arthurs Seat:
- Mccrae (2.5 km)
- Dromana (2.6 km)
- Main Ridge (4.6 km)
- Rosebud (4.6 km)
- Red Hill (4.8 km)
- Safety Beach (5.8 km)
- Red Hill South (7.2 km)
- Boneo (7.4 km)
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Streets
- Arthurs Seat Road (74)
- Bellingham Road (10)
- Bracken Ridge (1)
- Cloud Street (41)
- Fitzgerald Rise (9)
- Heath Lane (1)
- Lee Street (1)
- Lockey Avenue (2)
- Main Creek Road (10)
- Mclear Road (16)
- Nestle Court (35)
- Pindara Road (31)
- Purves Road (38)
- Scenic Place (2)
- Seahaze Street (25)
- Seamists Drive (7)
- Seawind Lane (3)
- Steane Avenue (33)
- Stockdale Road (5)
- Waterfall Gully Road (7)
- Whites Road (5)
- Wilson Road (2)
- Windward Court (6)
