Mount Rivers NSW 2311
44 addresses · 4 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Mount Rivers · 169 km from Sydney
Living Here
Mount Rivers is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 60 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $185 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% 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 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Rivers itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Maitland Airport, 37.2 km south.
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: 33.4% 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 | 33.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 47.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 65.4%
Population by age in Mount Rivers
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Rivers
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Rivers
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Mount Rivers
| English | 36 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 23 |
| Irish | 19 |
| German | 9 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Mount Rivers
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Mount Rivers
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mount Rivers
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Rivers
| England | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
257 bird observations recorded near Mount Rivers — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (19)
- Little Pied Cormorant (14)
- Dusky Moorhen (13)
- Laughing Kookaburra (11)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (11)
- Little Black Cormorant (10)
- Noisy Miner (10)
- Australasian Darter (9)
- Australian Raven (9)
- Black Swan (9)
- Eurasian Coot (9)
- Galah (9)
- Superb Fairy-wren (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Rivers
- Welcome Swallow (9)
- Willie Wagtail (9)
- Australasian Figbird (8)
- Crimson Rosella (8)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (7)
- Great Crested Grebe (7)
- Pacific Black Duck (7)
- Pied Butcherbird (7)
- Red-browed Finch (7)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (7)
- Eastern Rosella (6)
- Eastern Whipbird (6)
- White-faced Heron (6)
- White-throated Gerygone (6)
- Australasian Grebe (5)
- Australian King-parrot (5)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (5)
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 Mount Rivers:
- Allynbrook (5.1 km)
- Lostock (6.4 km)
- Gresford (7.7 km)
- Halton (8.1 km)
- East Gresford (9.4 km)
- Mirannie (11.9 km)
- Eccleston (12.1 km)
- Summer Hill (12.2 km)
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Streets
- Boyces Road (5)
- Cross Keys Road (9)
- Lawrences Road (2)
- Paterson River Road (28)
