Dungay NSW 2484
114 addresses · 7 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Dungay · 655 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dungay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 225 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,406 a week, with median rent near $343 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Murwillumbah Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dungay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 parks
2 Catholic churches
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 18.5 km north-east.
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: 44.8% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 44.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 56.9%
Population by age in Dungay
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 28 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 36 |
| 65-74 | 32 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dungay
| House | 80 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dungay
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Dungay
| Australian | 98 |
|---|---|
| English | 91 |
| Irish | 29 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| Ancestry NS | 23 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Dungay
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 27 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Dungay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 34 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Dungay
| Car | 65 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Dungay
| Netherlands | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Languages used at home in Dungay
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,973 bird observations recorded near Dungay — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (639)
- Regent Bowerbird (563)
- Laughing Kookaburra (485)
- Brown Thornbill (459)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (429)
- Eastern Whipbird (421)
- White-headed Pigeon (418)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (409)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (396)
- Australasian Figbird (390)
- Pied Currawong (384)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (331)
- Wonga Pigeon (318)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dungay
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (308)
- Grey Fantail (290)
- Australian King-parrot (288)
- Australian Magpie (286)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (274)
- Torresian Crow (273)
- Forest Kingfisher (258)
- Spangled Drongo (255)
- Topknot Pigeon (251)
- Silvereye (249)
- Australian Brush-turkey (243)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (241)
- Varied Triller (238)
- Satin Bowerbird (232)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (230)
- White-throated Treecreeper (211)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (204)
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 Dungay:
- Tomewin (3.2 km)
- Nobbys Creek (3.3 km)
- Kynnumboon (3.4 km)
- Urliup (3.9 km)
- Dulguigan (4.9 km)
- Tygalgah (5.8 km)
- Murwillumbah (6.1 km)
- North Arm (6.1 km)
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Streets
- Campbells Road (33)
- Dungay Creek Road (39)
- Garden Of Eden Road (3)
- Garden Of Eden Road (2)
- Jack Williams Place (6)
- Sanderson Place (3)
- Tomewin Road (28)
