Duroby is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Tweed local government area (postcode 2486). The area has roughly 74 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 58. Households earn a median income of $49K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, labourers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Duroby has a median house price of $180,000, holding roughly steady year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $870. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 25.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,284.
Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Tweed LGA is below average at 3,518 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 25.1%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($180K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 3.7x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.