Blakebrook NSW 2480
186 addresses · 7 streets
Page Electorate › Lismore LGA › Blakebrook · 599 km from Sydney
Living Here
Blakebrook is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 132 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,825 a week, with median rent near $335 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 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: Blakebrook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Railway halt: Heritage Park, 6.1 km south-east · Bus interchange: Lismore Transit Centre, 6 km south-east · Airport: Lismore Airport, 7.2 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: 21% 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 | 21.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.3% · Labour-force participation 67.5%
Population by age in Blakebrook
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Blakebrook
| House | 50 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Blakebrook
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Blakebrook
| Australian | 67 |
|---|---|
| English | 43 |
| Irish | 19 |
| Other | 15 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
Housing tenure in Blakebrook
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Blakebrook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Blakebrook
| Car | 57 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Blakebrook
| England | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Blakebrook
| Italian | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,647 bird observations recorded near Blakebrook — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (203)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (151)
- Noisy Miner (117)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (115)
- Tawny Frogmouth (107)
- Laughing Kookaburra (103)
- Pied Currawong (103)
- Australasian Figbird (102)
- Torresian Crow (94)
- White-headed Pigeon (88)
- Eastern Rosella (87)
- Willie Wagtail (87)
- Magpie-lark (85)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Blakebrook
- Cattle Egret (83)
- Australian White Ibis (82)
- Pacific Black Duck (82)
- Pied Butcherbird (82)
- Crested Pigeon (78)
- Straw-necked Ibis (78)
- Masked Lapwing (77)
- Welcome Swallow (76)
- Australian Wood Duck (69)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (68)
- White-faced Heron (68)
- Common Myna (63)
- Superb Fairy-wren (63)
- Silvereye (61)
- Rock Dove (59)
- Eastern Whipbird (58)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (58)
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 Blakebrook:
- Booerie Creek (2.4 km)
- Goolmangar (3.7 km)
- Tuncester (3.9 km)
- North Lismore (5 km)
- Tullera (5.5 km)
- South Lismore (5.6 km)
- Leycester (5.8 km)
- Keerrong (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Borton Road (4)
- Keerrong Road (40)
- Mackney Road (1)
- Nimbin Road (90)
- Rock Valley Road (18)
- Rosehill Road (28)
- Somerville Road (5)
