Mole River NSW 2372
136 addresses · 21 streets
New England Electorate › Tenterfield LGA › Mole River · 538 km from Sydney
Living Here
Mole River is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 89 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $837 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tenterfield statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mole River itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 25% 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 | 25.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 48.3%
Population by age in Mole River
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mole River
| House | 49 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mole River
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mole River
| English | 39 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 30 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| German | 12 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Mole River
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Mole River
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mole River
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Mole River
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mole River
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
490 bird observations recorded near Mole River — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (30)
- Willie Wagtail (23)
- Mistletoebird (20)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (20)
- Restless Flycatcher (19)
- Magpie-lark (18)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (18)
- Torresian Crow (18)
- Australian Torresian Crow (17)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (17)
- Striated Pardalote (17)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (16)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (16)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mole River
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (16)
- Galah (16)
- Black-headed Pardalote (15)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (15)
- Little Pied Cormorant (15)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (15)
- Brown Falcon (14)
- Dollarbird (14)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (14)
- Noisy Friarbird (14)
- Pied Currawong (14)
- Red-winged Parrot (14)
- Brown Thornbill (13)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (13)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (13)
- Peaceful Dove (13)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (13)
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 Mole River:
- Back Creek (10 km)
- Silent Grove (10.8 km)
- Mingoola (14.4 km)
- Woodside (16.4 km)
- Tarban (22.1 km)
- Dumaresq Valley (24.9 km)
- Jennings (28 km)
- Torrington (29 km)
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Streets
- Bruxner Way (15)
- Eagle Creek Road (3)
- Gibraltar Road (2)
- Gibraltar Station Road (1)
- Gibralter Road (1)
- Ironbark Drive (2)
- Ironbark Road (9)
- Johnstones Road (2)
- Log Hut Creek Road (1)
- Mole River Road (38)
- Mountain Creek Road (21)
- New Mole Road (3)
- Potters Road (3)
- Pyes Creek Road (1)
- Reedy Creek Road (3)
- Silent Grove Road (2)
- Springfield Road (13)
- Springs Road (1)
- Stone Lane (3)
- Upper Mole River Road (7)
- Woodside Road (5)
