Dollar VIC 3871
69 addresses · 6 streets
Monash Electorate › South Gippsland LGA › Dollar · 135 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Dollar is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 61 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $258 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Foster statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dollar itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 45.8 km north-east.
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: 16.6% 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 | 16.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 58.2%
Population by age in Dollar
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dollar
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dollar
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Dollar
| Australian | 31 |
|---|---|
| English | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| German | 8 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Dutch | 6 |
Housing tenure in Dollar
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dollar
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Dollar
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Languages used at home in Dollar
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
867 bird observations recorded near Dollar — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (73)
- Grey Fantail (46)
- Welcome Swallow (45)
- Eurasian Blackbird (42)
- Brown Thornbill (40)
- Crimson Rosella (40)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (40)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (32)
- Little Raven (32)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (30)
- Common Starling (27)
- Superb Fairy-wren (27)
- White-throated Treecreeper (27)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dollar
- European Goldfinch (26)
- Superb Lyrebird (26)
- Eastern Spinebill (25)
- Silvereye (25)
- Eastern Whipbird (24)
- White-browed Scrubwren (24)
- Australian Raven (22)
- Red Wattlebird (22)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (22)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (21)
- Grey Butcherbird (20)
- Australian Wood Duck (19)
- Crescent Honeyeater (19)
- Laughing Kookaburra (19)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (18)
- Blue-winged Parrot (17)
- Pilotbird (17)
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 Dollar:
- Turtons Creek (3.6 km)
- Woorarra West (5.1 km)
- Dumbalk North (5.4 km)
- Foster North (6.3 km)
- Boolarong (6.4 km)
- Dumbalk (7.8 km)
- Wonga (7.9 km)
- Gunyah (7.9 km)
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Streets
- Dollar Hall Road (3)
- Dollar Road (17)
- Dollar-woorarra West Road (1)
- Dykes Outlet Road (5)
- Foster-mirboo Road (42)
- Stones Road (1)
