Bentley NSW 2480
210 addresses · 20 streets
Page Electorate › Richmond Valley LGA › Bentley · 597 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bentley is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 225 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,212 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lismore Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bentley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
Getting around. Airport: Casino Airport, 15.1 km south.
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: 45.3% 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 | 45.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 54.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 59.9%
Population by age in Bentley
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Bentley
| House | 85 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bentley
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 35 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Bentley
| English | 110 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 79 |
| Irish | 45 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Italian | 9 |
Housing tenure in Bentley
| Owned | 41 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 27 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Bentley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 36 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Bentley
| Car | 69 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Bentley
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,332 bird observations recorded near Bentley — most often seen:
- Australian Brush-turkey (120)
- Laughing Kookaburra (62)
- Australian Magpie (59)
- Eastern Whipbird (59)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (56)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (51)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (48)
- Wonga Pigeon (48)
- Magpie-lark (47)
- Pied Butcherbird (46)
- Noisy Miner (45)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (43)
- Brown Thornbill (41)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bentley
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (41)
- Welcome Swallow (39)
- Grey Butcherbird (38)
- Straw-necked Ibis (38)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (37)
- Eastern Rosella (36)
- Pied Currawong (36)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (36)
- White-faced Heron (36)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (35)
- Torresian Crow (35)
- Grey Fantail (34)
- Masked Lapwing (34)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (33)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (33)
- White-throated Treecreeper (33)
- Willie Wagtail (33)
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 Bentley:
- Bungabbee (4.9 km)
- Naughtons Gap (6.1 km)
- Backmede (7 km)
- North Casino (7.4 km)
- Rock Valley (7.6 km)
- Boorabee Park (8.2 km)
- Leycester (8.9 km)
- Fernside (9 km)
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Streets
- Back Creek Road (27)
- Bentley Road (36)
- Boundary Creek Road (27)
- Brazels Road (6)
- Brazils Road (6)
- Bucklands Bridge Road (1)
- Bungabbee Road (1)
- Bungabbee Trail (1)
- Cave Road (3)
- Cawongla Road (1)
- Holmes Road (9)
- Kyogle Road (5)
- Lavis Road (6)
- Manifold Road (21)
- Moroney Road (20)
- Naughtons Gap Road (10)
- O'neill Road (17)
- Pine Creek Road (3)
- Roberts Road (5)
- Wallworks Road (5)
