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Housing
dorrigo
New South Wales · Census 2021
$618k
+6.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Dorrigo is a dense inner suburb of Bellingen.
Median house price
People
Population
1,214
Median age
56 yrs
Income / person / wk
$560
Household income / wk
$925
Housing
Median rent / wk
$300
Mortgage / month
$1,300
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 42%
- Top language at home
- German · 0%
- No religion
- 42%
- Born overseas
- 13%
- English only at home
- 96%
Local amenities
Amenity score
63/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
4
Parks
8
Libraries
1
GP clinics
3
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
2.2 km
Nearest train
1.5 km
Nearest hospital
2.4 km
Distance to coast
37 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
2
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Bellingen
- Council population
- 13,224
- Council area
- 1,600 km²
- Density
- 8/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.47M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $414/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Cowper
- Federal MP
- Pat Conaghan (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 59% 2PP
- State electorate
- Oxley
- State MP
- Michael Kemp (NAT)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.