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Dubbo NSW 2830

26,255 addresses · 808 streets

Parkes Electorate › Dubbo Regional LGA › Dubbo · 301 km from Sydney

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Living Here

The major regional centre of New South Wales' Orana region, Dubbo serves a wide rural catchment. Households average 2.5 people around a median age of 35. Median household income is $1,690 a week, and with rent near $310 it is notably affordable.

Dubbo is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 43,516 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,690 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 34% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

43,516Population
35Median age
$1,690Median household income / wk
$310Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Dubbo, 1.3 km north-west · Airport: Dubbo City Regional Airport, 5.6 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 15.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Dubbo

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Dubbo NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202015.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202130.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 63.3%

Population by age in Dubbo
Population by age, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-43,214
5-146,138
15-192,512
20-242,520
25-346,841
35-445,343
45-544,893
55-644,816
65-743,848
75-842,450
85+938
Dwelling types in Dubbo
Dwelling types, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House12,898
Townhouse1,394
Apartment1,106
Other57
Households by weekly income in Dubbo
Households by weekly income, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6502,251
$650-1,4994,144
$1,500-2,9994,978
$3,000+2,817
Top ancestries in Dubbo
Top ancestries, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian17,540
English15,757
Aboriginal6,428
Irish4,690
Ancestry NS3,773
Scottish3,617
Housing tenure in Dubbo
Housing tenure, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned4,355
Mortgage5,311
Rented5,222
Other348
Cars per household in Dubbo
Cars per household, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0836
15,387
25,929
32,004
4+1,067
Commute to work in Dubbo
Commute to work, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car16,060
Train0
Bus67
Tram/ferry5
Walked433
Bicycle83
Home1,629
Top countries of birth in Dubbo
Top countries of birth, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
India750
Nepal703
England416
Philippines336
New Zealand304
Sri Lanka179
Languages used at home in Dubbo
Languages used at home, Dubbo NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Nepali756
Punjabi349
Malayalam208
Urdu172
Mandarin167
Bengali153

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

30,823 bird observations recorded near Dubbo — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Dubbo

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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