Suburb profile

Dorrigo NSW 2453

Dorrigo is located in the Coffs Harbour and Grafton region of New South Wales, postcode 2453. It has 992 properties across 54 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Dorrigo, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Dorrigo

Dorrigo, NSW 2453, sits in the Coffs Harbour and Grafton region and neighbours Bielsdown Hills, Dorrigo Mountain, North Dorrigo and Tallowwood Ridge. Its 54 streets hold 992 properties, 918 of them houses and 74 units.

At the 2021 Census Dorrigo had 3,250 residents, a median age of 54 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $939 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,200 a month and the median rent $280 a week. Of 1,373 dwellings, 1,308 were separate houses, 22 semi-detached and 10 flats; 29 were other dwellings. Of the same 1,373, 737 were owned outright, 307 owned with a mortgage and 247 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Dorrigo

  • 3,250Peoplelive in the area
  • 54Median ageyears
  • $939Median household incomea week
  • $280Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,308
  • Townhouses and semis22
  • Flats and apartments10
  • Other29

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,200a month
  • Household size2.1people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 737Owned with a mortgage 307Rented 247Other 82

Properties in Dorrigo

Schools in Dorrigo

  • Dorrigo Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Hernani Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Mount St John Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Local agents in Dorrigo

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Agencies that specialise in Dorrigo

Streets in Dorrigo

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.