Eltham NSW 2480

Living Here

Eltham is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 332 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,978 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged 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: Eltham itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Eltham Public School
  • Clunes Primary School
• 3 hospitals

  • Lismore Base Hospital
  • Lismore Base Hospital - Riverlands Drug and Alcohol Service
  • St Vincent's Private Hospital Lismore
• 1 post office

  • Clunes LPO
• 1 service station

  • Liberty Clunes Auto Centre
• 1 gym

  • Eltham Tennis Courts
• 1 golf club

  • Teven Valley Golf Course
• 1 butcher

  • Clunes Butcher
• 1 mechanic

  • Clunes Auto Centre
• 1 electrician

  • Grand Casa Electrical
• 1 place to stay

  • Airbnb

Getting around. Airport: Lismore Airport, 16.1 km south-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: 19.6% 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 3.3% · Labour-force participation 64.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

9,268 bird observations recorded near Eltham — most often seen:

• Lewin's Honeyeater (496)
• Australian Magpie (495)
• White-headed Pigeon (491)
• Green Catbird (418)
• Pied Butcherbird (390)
• Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (390)
• Laughing Kookaburra (386)
• Torresian Crow (380)
• Pied Currawong (370)
• Australasian Figbird (342)
• Brown-capped Emerald-dove (341)
• Eastern Whipbird (316)
• Welcome Swallow (302)

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 Eltham:

• Mcleans Ridges (3.7 km)
• Boat Harbour (3.7 km)
• Clunes (3.8 km)
• Pearces Creek (4 km)
• Booyong (4.3 km)
• Alstonvale (5.4 km)
• Bexhill (5.9 km)
• Richmond Hill (6.3 km)

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