★ssh -v を付けて、デバッグ情報：
OpenSSH_5.3p1, OpenSSL 1.0.0-fips 29 Mar 2010
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
....
debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
debug1: Local connections to LOCALHOST:1080 forwarded to remote address socks:0
debug1: Local forwarding listening on 127.0.0.1 port 1080.
debug1: channel 0: new [port listener]
debug1: Local forwarding listening on ::1 port 1080.
bind: Cannot assign requested address
debug1: channel 1: new [client-session]
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.utf8
★Answer
The close the loop here. The answer, in this case, was to force the ssh client to use ipv4. E.g.
ssh -4 -D 8081 user@8.8.8.8