Bellingen
13,348 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,600 km², 27 suburbs. Council website: bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
13,348
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year
Density
8.3/km²
1,600 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$828k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$410
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
6 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
27
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 50
- Median household income
- $1,197/week
- Median rent
- $340/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,517/month
- Households renting
- 21.9%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 6 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
27 suburbs where Bellingen holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellingen | 3,923 | All | $850kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 4 |
| Urunga | 3,185 | All | $865kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 2 |
| Dorrigo | 1,214 | All | $618kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 3 |
| Raleigh | 681 | All | $770kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 5 |
| Repton | 667 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 6 |
| Fernmount | 444 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 7 |
| Gleniffer | 414 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Mylestom | 336 | All | $815kDec 2025 | – / 71% | 2 |
| Brierfield | 322 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Thora | 311 | All | $855kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 7 |
| Kalang | 280 | All | $795kDec 2023 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Darkwood | 237 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| North Dorrigo | 186 | All | $840kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 4 |
| Megan | 168 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Hydes Creek | 155 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Bostobrick | 132 | All | $640kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Fernbrook | 131 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Deer Vale | 128 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Bielsdown Hills | 104 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Dorrigo Mountain | 88 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Valery | 53 | All | – / 98% | 6 | |
| Spicketts Creek | 32 | 81% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Tallowwood Ridge | 25 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Cascade (NSW) | 8 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Kennaicle Creek | 3 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Brinerville | 89% | – / 100% | |||
| Never Never | All | – / 100% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 13 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $618k
- Median of suburb medians
- $850k
- Highest suburb median
- $2.2M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 2 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 739
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 331
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,380
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,638
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Cowper · Pat CONAGHAN (NP)100%
State districts
- Oxley · Michael Kemp (NAT)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.