Mcleans Ridges NSW 2480
353 addresses · 22 streets
Page Electorate › Lismore LGA › Mcleans Ridges · 601 km from Sydney
Living Here
Mcleans Ridges is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 808 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,305 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 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: Mcleans Ridges itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 optometrist
1 library
1 service station
1 gym
1 golf club
1 dog park
1 electrician
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Lismore Airport, 13 km west.
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: 30.3% 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 | 30.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 65.6%
Population by age in Mcleans Ridges
| 0-4 | 30 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 116 |
| 15-19 | 62 |
| 20-24 | 23 |
| 25-34 | 78 |
| 35-44 | 99 |
| 45-54 | 119 |
| 55-64 | 135 |
| 65-74 | 117 |
| 75-84 | 31 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Mcleans Ridges
| House | 265 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 4 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mcleans Ridges
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 60 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 93 |
| $3,000+ | 83 |
Top ancestries in Mcleans Ridges
| English | 358 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 350 |
| Scottish | 125 |
| Irish | 102 |
| German | 39 |
| Other | 35 |
Housing tenure in Mcleans Ridges
| Owned | 118 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 120 |
| Rented | 19 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Mcleans Ridges
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
| 2 | 131 |
| 3 | 51 |
| 4+ | 46 |
Commute to work in Mcleans Ridges
| Car | 259 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 94 |
Top countries of birth in Mcleans Ridges
| England | 27 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 11 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| China | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Fiji | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mcleans Ridges
| German | 6 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 5 |
| Filipino | 4 |
| French | 3 |
| Vietnamese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,792 bird observations recorded near Mcleans Ridges — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (575)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (467)
- White-headed Pigeon (448)
- Laughing Kookaburra (415)
- Pied Currawong (395)
- Tawny Frogmouth (358)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (344)
- Pied Butcherbird (324)
- Australasian Figbird (310)
- Torresian Crow (310)
- Eastern Rosella (306)
- Welcome Swallow (290)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (278)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mcleans Ridges
- Noisy Miner (271)
- Willie Wagtail (265)
- Australian White Ibis (262)
- Crested Pigeon (262)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (260)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (248)
- Magpie-lark (240)
- Superb Fairy-wren (238)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (231)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (219)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (218)
- Green Figbird (218)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (216)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (215)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (206)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (205)
- Grey Fantail (198)
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 Mcleans Ridges:
- Boat Harbour (1.7 km)
- Richmond Hill (3.3 km)
- Eltham (3.7 km)
- Lindendale (4.4 km)
- Wollongbar (4.9 km)
- Bexhill (4.9 km)
- Alstonvale (5.9 km)
- Pearces Creek (6.1 km)
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Streets
- Baldock Drive (9)
- Batrel Road (2)
- Cameron Road (68)
- Carabeen Place (5)
- Cowlong Road (91)
- Crozier Place (5)
- Daniel Roberts Drive (8)
- Eleanor Place (7)
- Eyears Road (5)
- Humpty Back Road (26)
- Lascott Drive (5)
- Lavis Road (2)
- Lincoln Avenue (18)
- Mckinnon Road (1)
- Mcleans Ridges Road (11)
- Palmers Road (12)
- Paradise Court (8)
- Roseview Road (9)
- Satinwood Drive (12)
- Soward Close (8)
- Spurfield Road (35)
- Talbot Close (6)
