Lost River NSW 2583
79 addresses · 6 streets
Hume Electorate › Upper Lachlan Shire LGA › Lost River · 185 km from Sydney
Living Here
Lost River is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 94 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,562 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Irish, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goulburn Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lost River itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Goulburn Airport, 55.5 km south-east.
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: 11.3% 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 | 11.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Lost River
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Lost River
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lost River
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Lost River
| Australian | 45 |
|---|---|
| Irish | 26 |
| English | 19 |
| Other | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Greek | 8 |
Housing tenure in Lost River
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lost River
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Lost River
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Languages used at home in Lost River
| Greek | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
105 bird observations recorded near Lost River — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (9)
- Australian Magpie (7)
- Grey Teal (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Black-winged Stilt (5)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (5)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (5)
- Little Black Cormorant (4)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (4)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (4)
- Black-shouldered Kite (3)
- Common Starling (3)
- Eastern Australian Raven (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lost River
- Nankeen Kestrel (3)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (3)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (3)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (3)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3)
- Whiskered Tern (3)
- White-throated Treecreeper (3)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (3)
- Australian Raven (2)
- Australian Shelduck (2)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (2)
- Crimson Rosella (2)
- Eurasian Coot (2)
- European Goldfinch (2)
- Grey Fantail (2)
- Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (2)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (2)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Boobalaga Road (20)
- Boorowa Road (38)
- Hawthornes Tree Road (1)
- Lost River Road (17)
- Red Hill Road (2)
- Wheeo Road (1)