Dobie VIC 3377
15 addresses · 8 streets
Wannon Electorate › Ararat LGA › Dobie · 179 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Dobie is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 33 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,833 a week, with median rent near $346 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 38% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ararat Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dobie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 plumber
Getting around. Airport: Ararat Airport, 4.1 km north-west.
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: 3.4% 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 | 3.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Dobie
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dobie
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dobie
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Dobie
| Australian | 22 |
|---|---|
| English | 7 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Italian | 6 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Dobie
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dobie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Dobie
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
312 bird observations recorded near Dobie — most often seen:
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (28)
- Australian Magpie (23)
- Long-billed Corella (23)
- Little Raven (22)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (14)
- Whistling Kite (14)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (12)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (11)
- Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (10)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (9)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (9)
- Black Kite (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dobie
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (8)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (8)
- Striated Pardalote (8)
- Brown Thornbill (7)
- Eastern Rosella (7)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (7)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (7)
- New Holland Honeyeater (7)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (7)
- South-eastern Striated Thornbill (7)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
- White-throated Treecreeper (7)
- Galah (6)
- Red Wattlebird (6)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (6)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (6)
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 Dobie:
- Denicull Creek (7.2 km)
- Langi Logan (9.6 km)
- Ararat (10 km)
- Ballyrogan (12 km)
- Cathcart (12.3 km)
- Bayindeen (13 km)
- Warrak (13.5 km)
- Buangor (14.1 km)
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Streets
- Dobie Road (1)
- Geelong Road (2)
- Hillside Road (1)
- Logan Road (3)
- Quamby Road (2)
- Tatyoon North Road (2)
- Warrayatkin Road (3)
- Western Highway (1)
