Suburb profile
Dripstone NSW 2820
Dripstone is located in the Far West and Orana region of New South Wales, postcode 2820. It has 45 properties across 8 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Dripstone, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Dripstone
Dripstone, NSW 2820, sits in the Far West and Orana region and neighbours Yarragal, Apsley, Mumbil and Wuuluman. Its 8 streets hold 45 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for Wellington, which covers the whole of the suburb. Wellington had 8,769 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,153 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,100 a month and the median rent $230 a week. Of 2,938 dwellings, 2,731 were separate houses, 96 semi-detached, 53 flats and 40 other; 1,179 were owned outright, 834 owned with a mortgage and 763 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Dripstone
- 8,769Peoplelive in the area
- 41Median ageyears
- $1,153Median household incomea week
- $230Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,731
- Townhouses and semis96
- Flats and apartments53
- Other40
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,100a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Dripstone
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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.