Belmore River NSW 2440

Living Here

Belmore River is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 268 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 hospital

  • Kempsey District Hospital
• 1 golf club

  • Frederickton Golf Course

Getting around. Bus interchange: Cavanagh's Lower Macleay Bus Terminal, 6.5 km north · Airport: Kempsey Airport, 19 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

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: 14.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

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

Demographics

Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 50.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

37,790 bird observations recorded near Belmore River — most often seen:

• Pacific Black Duck (2,143)
• Willie Wagtail (1,942)
• Magpie-lark (1,855)
• Masked Lapwing (1,754)
• Black Swan (1,703)
• Welcome Swallow (1,660)
• Chestnut Teal (1,599)
• White-faced Heron (1,525)
• Australian Magpie (1,519)
• Straw-necked Ibis (1,361)
• Crested Pigeon (1,251)
• Torresian Crow (1,245)
• Eastern Rosella (1,192)

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

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Belmore River:

• Old Station (5 km)
• Gladstone (5.9 km)
• Smithtown (6.5 km)
• Austral Eden (7 km)
• Verges Creek (7.9 km)
• Hat Head (8.4 km)
• Pola Creek (9.2 km)
• Bellimbopinni (9.2 km)

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