Duroby NSW 2486
22 addresses · 3 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Duroby · 662 km from Sydney
Living Here
Duroby is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 74 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $939 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 0% 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 Tweed Heads statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Duroby itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 electrician
Getting around. Bus interchange: Airport Transit Centre, 9.4 km north-east · Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 8.8 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: 50.6% 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 | 50.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 77.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Duroby
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 21 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Duroby
| House | 31 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Duroby
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Duroby
| Australian | 34 |
|---|---|
| English | 22 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| German | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Duroby
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Duroby
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Duroby
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Duroby
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Duroby
| French | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
23,381 bird observations recorded near Duroby — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (1,405)
- Torresian Crow (1,221)
- Noisy Miner (1,204)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,106)
- White-faced Heron (891)
- Laughing Kookaburra (874)
- Pied Currawong (849)
- Great Egret (848)
- Pied Butcherbird (840)
- Australian Pelican (809)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (791)
- Australasian Figbird (752)
- Magpie-lark (748)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Duroby
- Pacific Black Duck (739)
- Whistling Kite (735)
- Cattle Egret (731)
- Crested Pigeon (719)
- Wonga Pigeon (701)
- Australian Torresian Crow (642)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (640)
- Australian Brush-turkey (635)
- Brahminy Kite (633)
- Welcome Swallow (622)
- Little Black Cormorant (619)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (613)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (609)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (607)
- Australasian Darter (604)
- Giinbaywarraymal (598)
- Royal Spoonbill (596)
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 Duroby:
- Bungalora (1.3 km)
- Bilambil (1.5 km)
- Upper Duroby (2.6 km)
- North Tumbulgum (2.7 km)
- Bilambil Heights (3.8 km)
- Tumbulgum (4.1 km)
- Terranora (4.1 km)
- Cobaki (4.1 km)
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Streets
- Cavendish Road (11)
- Cranneys Road (1)
- Duroby Creek Road (10)
