Loftville NSW 2480
257 addresses · 5 streets
Page Electorate › Lismore LGA › Loftville · 592 km from Sydney
Living Here
Loftville is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 265 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $570 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 40% of households own their home and 58% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lismore statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Loftville itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
2 dentists
2 optometrists
1 vet
2 libraries
3 post offices
4 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 dog park
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Railway halt: Heritage Park, 3.2 km north · Bus interchange: Lismore Transit Centre, 3.6 km north-east · Airport: Lismore Airport, 1.1 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: 6.7% 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 | 6.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 21.7% · Labour-force participation 36.4%
Population by age in Loftville
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 20 |
| 35-44 | 33 |
| 45-54 | 55 |
| 55-64 | 64 |
| 65-74 | 51 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Loftville
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 155 |
Households by weekly income in Loftville
| <$650 | 104 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 49 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Loftville
| English | 110 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 104 |
| Irish | 36 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| Aboriginal | 17 |
Housing tenure in Loftville
| Owned | 67 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 97 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Loftville
| 0 | 39 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 102 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Loftville
| Car | 50 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Loftville
| New Zealand | 10 |
|---|---|
| United States | 5 |
| England | 4 |
| Malaysia | 4 |
Languages used at home in Loftville
| Mandarin | 4 |
|---|---|
| German | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,370 bird observations recorded near Loftville — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,851)
- Australian Magpie (1,070)
- Australian White Ibis (1,060)
- Noisy Miner (841)
- Pacific Black Duck (764)
- Australian Wood Duck (759)
- Pied Currawong (738)
- Australasian Figbird (703)
- Torresian Crow (686)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (673)
- Dusky Moorhen (642)
- Australasian Grebe (538)
- Welcome Swallow (535)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Loftville
- Magpie-lark (524)
- Eurasian Coot (491)
- Willie Wagtail (472)
- Common Myna (470)
- Crested Pigeon (466)
- Tawny Frogmouth (466)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (453)
- Tawny Grassbird (452)
- Grey Teal (444)
- Masked Lapwing (441)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (433)
- Laughing Kookaburra (420)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (411)
- Australian Torresian Crow (398)
- Superb Fairy-wren (394)
- Intermediate Egret (389)
- White-faced Heron (386)
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 Loftville:
- Monaltrie (2.9 km)
- Girards Hill (2.9 km)
- South Lismore (2.9 km)
- East Lismore (3.3 km)
- Lismore (4.1 km)
- South Gundurimba (4.9 km)
- North Lismore (4.9 km)
- Caniaba (5 km)
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Streets
- Bruxner Highway (129)
- Caniaba Road (101)
- Krauss Avenue (13)
- Muldoon Road (10)
- Wilson Street (4)
