Dutson VIC 3851
32 addresses · 9 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › Dutson · 200 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Dutson is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 32 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Longford - Loch Sport statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dutson itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: West Sale Airport, 22.4 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: 6.6% 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 | 6.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.7% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Dutson
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dutson
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dutson
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Dutson
| Australian | 13 |
|---|---|
| English | 9 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Dutson
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dutson
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Dutson
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,147 bird observations recorded near Dutson — most often seen:
- Black Swan (139)
- Little Pied Cormorant (122)
- Pacific Black Duck (114)
- Australian White Ibis (111)
- Australian Pelican (103)
- Royal Spoonbill (102)
- Masked Lapwing (98)
- Great Egret (95)
- White-faced Heron (90)
- Whistling Kite (87)
- Swamp Harrier (84)
- Chestnut Teal (83)
- Little Black Cormorant (82)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dutson
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (81)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (78)
- Eurasian Coot (76)
- Straw-necked Ibis (76)
- Great Cormorant (71)
- Australian Shelduck (60)
- Grey Teal (51)
- Australian Magpie (45)
- Welcome Swallow (39)
- Magpie-lark (37)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (37)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (36)
- Common Starling (35)
- Eastern Rosella (31)
- Silver Gull (31)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (27)
- Grey Fantail (26)
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 Dutson:
- The Heart (8.1 km)
- Longford (8.7 km)
- East Sale (10.5 km)
- Cobains (12.9 km)
- Sale (13.8 km)
- Flamingo Beach (14.8 km)
- Clydebank (14.9 km)
- Glomar Beach (15.2 km)
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Streets
- Flints Road (1)
- Johnsons Road (3)
- Kennedy Road (3)
- Legges Road (3)
- Longford-letts Beach Road (3)
- Longford-loch Sport Road (15)
- Mcnaughton Lane (1)
- Murtnaugh Road (1)
- Signboard Lane (2)
