Simson VIC 3465
48 addresses · 6 streets
Mallee Electorate › Central Goldfields LGA › Simson · 139 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Simson is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 76 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,542 a week, with median rent near $214 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 English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Maryborough Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Simson itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Maryborough, 6.4 km south-west · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 57.5 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: 54.6% 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 | 54.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 72.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Simson
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Simson
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Simson
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Simson
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 25 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
Housing tenure in Simson
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Simson
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Simson
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Simson
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,149 bird observations recorded near Simson — most often seen:
- Red Wattlebird (567)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (487)
- Australian Magpie (418)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (413)
- Red-rumped Parrot (381)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (368)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (367)
- Eastern Rosella (366)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (365)
- Striated Pardalote (358)
- Superb Fairy-wren (349)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (345)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (345)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Simson
- White-plumed Honeyeater (330)
- Galah (323)
- Long-billed Corella (322)
- Pacific Black Duck (318)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (315)
- Australian Raven (306)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (301)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (296)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (295)
- Welcome Swallow (291)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (286)
- Western Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (284)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (278)
- Swift Parrot (273)
- Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern) (269)
- South-eastern Brown-headed Honeyeater (269)
- Willie Wagtail (264)
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 Simson:
- Havelock (3.4 km)
- Timor (5.5 km)
- Flagstaff (5.6 km)
- Bowenvale (5.6 km)
- Maryborough (5.9 km)
- Carisbrook (6.2 km)
- Alma (8.6 km)
- Timor West (8.8 km)
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Streets
- Arcadia Court (13)
- Dooleys Road (16)
- Forest Road (4)
- Maryborough-dunolly Road (1)
- Palmer Road (13)
- Peg Leg Track (1)
