Dorrigo Mountain NSW 2453

Living Here

Dorrigo Mountain is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 88 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $1,156 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Dorrigo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dorrigo Mountain itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Mount Saint John's Catholic Primary School
  • Dorrigo Public School
  • Dorrigo High School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Lookout Motor Inn
  • Canopy Cafe
• 1 park

  • Jubilee Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church
• 1 hospital

  • Dorrigo Multi-Purpose Service
• 1 vet

  • Dorrigo Vet Clinic
• 1 library

  • Dorrigo Library
• 1 golf club

  • Dorrigo Golf Course
• 1 hardware store

  • Dorrigo Hardware
• 1 mechanic

  • NRMA Depot
• 2 places to stay

  • Dorrigo Mountain Holiday Park
  • Frontier Motel on Waterfall Way

Getting around. Airport: Coffs Harbour Regional Airport, 38.5 km east.

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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: 57.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 54.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

22,274 bird observations recorded near Dorrigo Mountain — most often seen:

• Lewin's Honeyeater (1,284)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (1,216)
• Eastern Whipbird (1,061)
• Australian Brush-turkey (1,045)
• Pied Currawong (1,042)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (1,005)
• Brown Gerygone (1,001)
• Grey Fantail (992)
• Satin Bowerbird (931)
• Yellow-throated Scrubwren (929)
• Brown Thornbill (900)
• White-browed Scrubwren (880)
• Green Catbird (863)

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 Dorrigo Mountain:

• Dorrigo (4.6 km)
• Bielsdown Hills (4.7 km)
• Thora (7.8 km)
• Darkwood (8.1 km)
• Megan (10 km)
• Fernbrook (10.2 km)
• North Dorrigo (11.5 km)
• Kalang (13.6 km)

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