Doon Doon NSW 2484

Doon Doon sits 790 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 9 hours by car. Census data records 92 residents with a median age of 55 and a median household income of $55,224 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population fell 5.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $867. The area shows high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Q4 2025

Doon Doon's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $728,000 in the December 2025 quarter, roughly 68% below where it sat a year earlier. That said, only four sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level. Zoom out: prices have climbed roughly 113% over the past decade — 7.8% per year on average.

$727,500

last 4 quarters
↓ −68.4% year-on-year
↑ +112.7% over 2015–2025 (+7.8%/yr compound)

Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$790/wk
16 bonds
+46% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2484 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

90 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2484.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Short-Stay Rentals

2 active Airbnb listings: 2 whole homes and 0 rooms.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months.

Is Doon Doon safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Doon Doon sits in the moderate band, with 2 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 50% on the prior year.

2 offences

50.0% since 2024
Assault 2 (100.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Doon Doon killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Tweed Shire Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 8 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Doon Doon is very car-dependent on foot — at 5/100, nearly all errands require a car.

5
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km 16
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Doon Doon.

24
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
33
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 58%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 42%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
10 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Tweed: council population

The whole council area, not just Doon Doon · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
101,044
+0.7% in a year
Change
+716
people since 2024
Density
77
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-131
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+427
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+420
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
2/10
2/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
2/10
1/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
6/10
6/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Doon Doon is home to 92 residents, with a median age of 55 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $55,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

92

5.2% since 2016

Median Age

55

3.5% since 2016

Median Household Income

$55,224/yr

41.8% since 2016
Bottom 15% in NSW

Census Median Rent

$360/wk

89.5% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$867/mo

50.7% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.4

26.3% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$26,624/yr

4.5% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

11.1%

5.7% since 2016

Total Dwellings

36

5.3% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

74.1%

0.3% since 2016

Houses

97.2%

5.3% since 2016

Rental Stress

33.9%

33.5% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

18.8%

65.3% since 2016

Work From Home

27.3%

13.8% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 35 (97.2%)
Flats / Apartments 1 (2.8%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 17 (63.0%)
Renting 7 (25.9%)
Mortgage 3 (11.1%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
70.7%
English Spoken at Home
75.0%
Employment Rate
48.1%
18.8% since 2016
Completed Year 12
31.5%

Occupations

Managers 14 (40.0%)
Professionals 9 (25.7%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 5 (14.3%)
Community & Personal Service 4 (11.4%)
Labourers 4 (11.4%)

Religion

No Religion 37 (40.2%)
Christianity 30 (32.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

South Africa 4 (4.3%)
England 3 (3.3%)

Age Distribution

0-4 3 (3.3%)
5-14 12 (13.0%)
15-19 8 (8.7%)
25-34 8 (8.7%)
35-44 9 (9.8%)
45-54 11 (12.0%)
55-64 13 (14.1%)
65-74 20 (21.7%)
75-84 8 (8.7%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 8 (40.0%)
Couple Families 6 (30.0%)
One Parent Families 6 (30.0%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 21 (63.6%)
Worked from Home 9 (27.3%)
Walked Only 3 (9.1%)

Education

Bachelor Degree 14 (15.2%)
Certificate III & IV 12 (13.0%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 6 (6.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6 (6.5%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 8 (22.2%)
2 cars 16 (44.4%)
3 cars 3 (8.3%)
4+ cars 3 (8.3%)

Council Rates

Tweed
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,745 a year through Tweed based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,745/yr
42% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Doon Doon's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 68%
  • Environmental 20%
  • Infrastructure and transport 11%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Tweed

The whole council area, not just Doon Doon · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 331 new dwellings were approved across Tweed. That mix is 187 houses and 144 units. Approvals are down 49.7% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
331dwellings
-49.7% YoY
Houses
187
detached dwellings
Units
144
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Climate & Setting

from Murwillumbah (Bray Park), 18.9 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
97 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
24.1 km
Annual rainfall
1,569 mm
108 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
29.1°C
4 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
9.1°C
0 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.6%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.05% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2484, 100 of 15,591 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.7% (415 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.3%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.05%
2022
0.12%
2023
0.31%
2024
0.54%
2025
0.64%

Rooftop solar

76
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.4 kW each

In postcode 2484, 6,039 rooftop-solar systems totalling 38.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,901 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 357 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
464
2020
431
2021
469
2022
338
2023
385
2024
315
2025
305
2026
191

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

Q4-2025 median
I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$3,794
Loan amount
$582,000
Total interest over 30 years
$783,914

5 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2484.

Deposit
$145,500
Stamp duty
$26,924
Cash needed at settlement
$172,424

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Richmond

Currently held by Justine Elliot Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Justine Elliot 60.0% 40.0% +1.8
2022 Justine Elliot 58.2% 41.8% -4.2
2019 Justine Elliot 54.1% 45.9% -0.1

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Lismore District

Currently held by Janelle Saffin Labor

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Janelle Saffin ALP 65.0%
2019 Janelle Saffin ALP 51.4%
2015 Thomas George NP 52.9%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Doon Doon

Is Doon Doon a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Doon Doon is moderate (50/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Doon Doon?

Doon Doon has a high recorded bushfire history (72/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Doon Doon?

Doon Doon, NSW had a population of 92 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Doon Doon, NSW?

The postcode for Doon Doon, NSW is 2484.

How far is Doon Doon from Sydney?

Doon Doon is 790 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 540 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Doon Doon?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Doon Doon was $55,224 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Doon Doon?

There are too few current rental listings in Doon Doon for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $360, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Doon Doon?

The median age of residents in Doon Doon was 55 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Doon Doon at risk of bushfire?

Doon Doon has a high recorded bushfire history (72/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

Is Doon Doon walkable?

Doon Doon scores 5/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

What is the weather like in Doon Doon?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Doon Doon, Murwillumbah (Bray Park) (18.9 km away), summer days average 29.1°C, winter nights 9.1°C, 1,569 mm of rain a year over 108 rainy days, and 4 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

What is the median house price in Doon Doon?

The median sale price for houses in Doon Doon was $727,500 in the Q4 2025 quarter, based on a small sample of 4 sales — take as indicative.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Doon Doon?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Doon Doon belong to?

Doon Doon sits within the Tweed local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Doon Doon?

The average residential rates bill through Tweed is $1,745 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Doon Doon?

Across Tweed, 331 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 49.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Doon Doon in?

Doon Doon sits within the federal Division of Richmond, currently held by Justine Elliot (Australian Labor Party).

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