Ashby NSW 2463

Living Here

Ashby is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 316 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $1,113 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 2% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Grafton Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ashby itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Maclean Public School
  • St Josephs Primary School
  • Maclean High School
• 9 cafés & restaurants

  • Wildbean Cafe
  • Peking Chinese Restaurant
  • Tea on the Terrace
  • On The Bite
  • River Cafe
  • Coffee Art Cafe
  • Rocky Mouth Bistro
  • Skye Coffee Lounge
  • Botero
• 2 supermarkets

  • Spar
  • Ritchies IGA
• 3 parks

  • Ryan Park
  • Cameron Park
  • Rotary Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Catholic Church
• 2 pharmacies

  • Stanfords Pharmacy
  • Advantage Pharmacy Maclean
• 1 medical clinic

  • Clarence Medical Centre
• 2 dentists

  • Happy Smiles Maclean
  • Maclean Dental Care
• 1 optometrist

  • McLennan Deece Optometrists
• 1 hospital

  • Maclean District Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Maclean Veterinary Hospital
• 1 library

  • Maclean Library
• 1 post office

  • Maclean LPO
• 2 service stations

  • BP
  • Liberty
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Pulse Fitness
  • Maclean Pool
• 1 golf club

  • Maclean Golf Club
• 2 bakeries

  • Maclean Hot Bread & Cake Kitchen
  • River St Bakery
• 2 butchers

  • The Fair Butcher Maclean
  • Maclean Variety Meats
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 1 hairdresser

  • Gosh Hair Studio
• 1 beauty salon

  • Endessas Beauty Spot
• 4 mechanics

  • Moran's Service Centre & NRMA Road Service
  • RDO Equipment
  • John Snape Motors
  • Maclean Autoelectric World
• 3 places to stay

  • Waterview Motel
  • Maclean Riverside Caravan Park
  • Motel Maclean

Getting around. Airport: Clarence Valley Regional Airport, 38.4 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 61.5% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 9.4% · Labour-force participation 33.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,687 bird observations recorded near Ashby — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (452)
• Australian Magpie (285)
• Laughing Kookaburra (216)
• Australasian Figbird (174)
• Australian White Ibis (170)
• Noisy Miner (149)
• Eastern Osprey (145)
• Pacific Black Duck (136)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (129)
• Crested Pigeon (128)
• Masked Lapwing (123)
• Tawny Frogmouth (121)
• Welcome Swallow (120)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Ashby:

• Ashby Island (2.4 km)
• Maclean (2.7 km)
• Ashby Heights (3.3 km)
• Ilarwill (4.1 km)
• Townsend (4.4 km)
• Harwood (6.2 km)
• James Creek (6.4 km)
• Warregah Island (7.1 km)

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