Dumbarton WA 6566
189 addresses · 23 streets
Durack Electorate › Toodyay LGA › Dumbarton · 75 km from Perth
Living Here
Dumbarton is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 266 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,521 a week, with median rent near $312 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Toodyay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dumbarton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 library
1 service station
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Train station: Toodyay, 4.7 km 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: 10.6% 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 | 10.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 52.4%
Population by age in Dumbarton
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 22 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 56 |
| 65-74 | 40 |
| 75-84 | 20 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Dumbarton
| House | 90 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dumbarton
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 30 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Dumbarton
| Australian | 107 |
|---|---|
| English | 98 |
| Scottish | 46 |
| Ancestry NS | 43 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Other | 15 |
Housing tenure in Dumbarton
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 36 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dumbarton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 36 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Dumbarton
| Car | 70 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Dumbarton
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| Italy | 3 |
Languages used at home in Dumbarton
| Italian | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,533 bird observations recorded near Dumbarton — most often seen:
- Twenty-eight Parrot (1,258)
- Western Australian Raven (1,219)
- Grey Teal (888)
- Western Galah (839)
- South-western Australian Magpie (805)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (790)
- Western Striated Pardalote (777)
- Pacific Black Duck (749)
- White-faced Heron (738)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (708)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (650)
- Western Welcome Swallow (612)
- Australian Shelduck (546)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dumbarton
- South-western Australian Pipit (546)
- South-western Grey Fantail (524)
- Australian Wood Duck (522)
- Western Silvereye (499)
- Western Red Wattlebird (498)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (497)
- Mainland Tree Martin (491)
- Western Crested Pigeon (484)
- Australasian Grebe (472)
- Butler's Corella (472)
- Little Pied Cormorant (451)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (444)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (443)
- Eurasian Coot (427)
- Southern Magpie-lark (399)
- South-west Western Gerygone (396)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (389)
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 Dumbarton:
- Nunile (3.9 km)
- Toodyay (5.1 km)
- Katrine (8.6 km)
- Hoddys Well (8.8 km)
- West Toodyay (10.4 km)
- Buckland (10.9 km)
- Coondle (12.3 km)
- Wongamine (12.9 km)
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Streets
- Boyagerring Road (13)
- Campbell Chase (5)
- Dawson Road (12)
- Donkey Crossing (4)
- Drumree Drive (7)
- Dumbarton Road (15)
- Extracts Place (4)
- Goomalling-toodyay Road (13)
- Irishtown Road (1)
- Isotoma Road (1)
- Link Road (2)
- Macdonald Retreat (7)
- Mcdermott Road (4)
- Nairn Drive (7)
- Nockdominie Road (8)
- Northam-toodyay Road (37)
- Oaklands Place (6)
- Range Road (6)
- Tannin Place (7)
- Toodyay Road (7)
- Whitelakes Drive (4)
- Whitfield Road (16)
- Wicklow Road (3)
