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Dorroughby NSW 2480

Dorroughby is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, postcode 2480. It has 98 properties across 8 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Dorroughby, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Dorroughby

Dorroughby, NSW 2480, sits in the Northern Rivers region and neighbours Corndale, Whian Whian, Dunoon and Rosebank. Its 8 streets hold 98 properties, 97 of them houses and 1 a unit.

Census figures are for Lismore Surrounds, the statistical area that contains Dorroughby. It had 15,786 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,478 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $334 a week. Of 5,687 dwellings, 5,487 were separate houses, 40 semi-detached, 81 flats and 55 other; 2,645 were owned outright, 1,965 owned with a mortgage and 805 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Dorroughby

  • 15,786Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,478Median household incomea week
  • $334Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses5,487
  • Townhouses and semis40
  • Flats and apartments81
  • Other55

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,645Owned with a mortgage 1,965Rented 805Other 272

Schools in Dorroughby

  • Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Dorroughby

  1. Arthur Road5 properties
  2. Dorroughby Road34 properties
  3. Dunoon Road27 properties
  4. Laceflower Lane3 properties
  5. Middleton Way2 properties
  6. Missingham Road6 properties
  7. Mullumbimby Road1 property
  8. Nightcap Range Road20 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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