Ben Lomond NSW 2365
130 addresses · 21 streets
New England Electorate › Armidale Regional LGA › Ben Lomond · 431 km from Sydney
Living Here
Ben Lomond is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 135 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,231 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Armidale Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ben Lomond itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Glen Innes Airport, 37.5 km north.
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: 21.1% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 21.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 63.7%
Population by age in Ben Lomond
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 28 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 24 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ben Lomond
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ben Lomond
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Ben Lomond
| English | 59 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 57 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Other | 6 |
Housing tenure in Ben Lomond
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Ben Lomond
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Ben Lomond
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Ben Lomond
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Ben Lomond
| Japanese | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
378 bird observations recorded near Ben Lomond — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (37)
- Striated Pardalote (30)
- Eastern Rosella (23)
- Australian Raven (19)
- Laughing Kookaburra (19)
- Superb Fairy-wren (19)
- Australian Wood Duck (17)
- Pied Currawong (17)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (16)
- Red Wattlebird (13)
- Welcome Swallow (13)
- Brown Thornbill (12)
- Common Starling (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ben Lomond
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (11)
- Forest Raven (10)
- Grey Butcherbird (10)
- Noisy Miner (10)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10)
- Australian Magpie (9)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- White-throated Treecreeper (8)
- Birds (7)
- Crested Pigeon (7)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Spotted Pardalote (7)
- Willie Wagtail (7)
- Straw-necked Ibis (6)
- Australian King-parrot (5)
- Australian Pipit (5)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
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 Ben Lomond:
- Llangothlin (11.5 km)
- Glencoe (11.7 km)
- Maybole (14 km)
- Tubbamurra (14.8 km)
- Wandsworth (17.7 km)
- Falconer (19.5 km)
- Mount Mitchell (20.2 km)
- Oban (21.9 km)
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Streets
- Ben Lomond Road (20)
- Ben Nevis Road (1)
- Bournes Road (1)
- Government Lane (3)
- Inn Road (10)
- Lotties Lane (1)
- Marowan Street (2)
- Maybole Road (17)
- Moredun Road (21)
- Moredun Street (3)
- Mount Mitchell Road (2)
- New England Highway (8)
- Old Ben Lomond Road (4)
- Ross Road (3)
- Ryanda Creek Road (9)
- Smiths Road (4)
- Streeters Road (4)
- Wandsworth Road (8)
- Wheat Street (1)
- Whites Road (7)
- Woodmans Road (1)
