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Ballina NSW 2478

9,107 addresses · 182 streets

Richmond Electorate › Ballina LGA › Ballina · 600 km from Sydney

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Living Here

A coastal town on the NSW northern rivers near Byron Bay, Ballina is a popular retirement and holiday spot with an older profile (median age 56). Households average 2.0 people. Median household income is $1,013 a week, with rent around $360.

Ballina is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 9,735 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,013 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 55% of households own their home and 38% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

9,735Population
56Median age
$1,013Median household income / wk
$360Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Byron Byron Gateway Airport Tour Operators, 2.5 km north · Ferry wharf: Burns Point Ferry, 3.6 km south-west · Airport: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, 2.7 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs3/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 42.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Ballina

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Ballina NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202042.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202138.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 42.8%

Population by age in Ballina
Population by age, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4376
5-14780
15-19372
20-24377
25-34881
35-44932
45-541,004
55-641,266
65-741,578
75-841,265
85+900
Dwelling types in Ballina
Dwelling types, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House2,293
Townhouse1,429
Apartment433
Other154
Households by weekly income in Ballina
Households by weekly income, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6501,209
$650-1,4991,510
$1,500-2,999994
$3,000+328
Top ancestries in Ballina
Top ancestries, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English4,173
Australian3,721
Irish1,284
Scottish1,122
Ancestry NS784
Other591
Housing tenure in Ballina
Housing tenure, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,551
Mortgage768
Rented1,613
Other321
Cars per household in Ballina
Cars per household, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0509
12,112
21,216
3310
4+120
Commute to work in Ballina
Commute to work, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,252
Train0
Bus11
Tram/ferry0
Walked190
Bicycle103
Home365
Top countries of birth in Ballina
Top countries of birth, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England352
New Zealand170
India96
Philippines65
South Africa40
United States40
Languages used at home in Ballina
Languages used at home, Ballina NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Punjabi74
Thai39
Italian29
Australian Indigenous26
Spanish26
Mandarin25

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

93,186 bird observations recorded near Ballina — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Ballina

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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