Dunoon NSW 2480

Living Here

Dunoon is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 840 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,510 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Dunoon Public School
  • The Channon Public School
  • Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre
  • Whian Whian Public School
• 3 hospitals

  • Nimbin Health Service
  • Lismore Base Hospital
  • Lismore Base Hospital - Riverlands Drug and Alcohol Service
• 1 dog park

  • Rocky Creek Dam Dog Friendly Area
• 1 place to stay

  • The Channon

Getting around. Airport: Lismore Airport, 17.3 km south.

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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: 55.8% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 59.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,764 bird observations recorded near Dunoon — most often seen:

• White-headed Pigeon (240)
• Australian Magpie (209)
• Laughing Kookaburra (191)
• Tawny Frogmouth (184)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (157)
• Wonga Pigeon (152)
• Australian Logrunner (139)
• Pied Currawong (136)
• Variegated Fairy-wren (129)
• Brown-capped Emerald-dove (127)
• Brown Cuckoo-dove (124)
• Eastern Whipbird (124)
• Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (123)

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 Dunoon:

• The Channon (4 km)
• Modanville (4.5 km)
• Dorroughby (4.6 km)
• Whian Whian (4.8 km)
• Corndale (4.9 km)
• Numulgi (5 km)
• Keerrong (6.4 km)
• Rosebank (7.7 km)

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