Drouin East VIC 3818
122 addresses · 9 streets
Monash Electorate › Baw Baw LGA › Drouin East · 89 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Drouin East is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 177 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,524 a week, with median rent near $298 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Drouin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Drouin East itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
2 Catholic churches
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 optometrist
2 libraries
1 post office
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
1 butcher
3 mechanics
2 plumbers
Getting around. Train station: Drouin, 3.2 km west · Airport: Latrobe Valley Airport, 51.2 km 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: 9.1% 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 | 9.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1% · Labour-force participation 71.6%
Population by age in Drouin East
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 36 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Drouin East
| House | 60 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Drouin East
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 27 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Drouin East
| English | 94 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 58 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Dutch | 11 |
| German | 8 |
Housing tenure in Drouin East
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Drouin East
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 27 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Drouin East
| Car | 65 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Drouin East
| England | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Drouin East
| Russian | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,796 bird observations recorded near Drouin East — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (471)
- Eurasian Blackbird (429)
- Australian Wood Duck (416)
- Common Starling (354)
- Common Myna (353)
- Magpie-lark (347)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (334)
- Pacific Black Duck (319)
- Little Raven (298)
- Red Wattlebird (296)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (292)
- Australian White Ibis (274)
- Little Corella (256)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Drouin East
- Eastern Rosella (255)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (251)
- Eurasian Coot (231)
- Pied Currawong (226)
- Galah (223)
- House Sparrow (207)
- Little Wattlebird (207)
- Superb Fairy-wren (205)
- Grey Fantail (193)
- Welcome Swallow (190)
- Grey Butcherbird (175)
- Brown Thornbill (173)
- Noisy Miner (173)
- Laughing Kookaburra (171)
- White-faced Heron (170)
- Chestnut Teal (167)
- Australian King-parrot (140)
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 Drouin East:
- Drouin (3.5 km)
- Warragul West (3.7 km)
- Brandy Creek (4 km)
- Warragul (4.3 km)
- Buln Buln (6.1 km)
- Bravington (6.2 km)
- Lillico (6.3 km)
- Drouin West (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Beverley Street (14)
- Buln Buln Road (18)
- Lardners Track (14)
- Lintott Road (2)
- Lockwood Road (5)
- Morton Road (2)
- Paterson Street (22)
- Princes Way (26)
- Princes Way E (19)
