Mountain Top NSW 2480
43 addresses · 4 streets
Page Electorate › Lismore LGA › Mountain Top · 614 km from Sydney
Living Here
Mountain Top is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 45 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $263 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Lismore Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mountain Top itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 hardware store
Getting around. Airport: Lismore Airport, 25.1 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: 62.1% 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 | 62.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 85.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.4% · Labour-force participation 61.4%
Population by age in Mountain Top
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mountain Top
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mountain Top
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Mountain Top
| Australian | 18 |
|---|---|
| English | 16 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Italian | 5 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Mountain Top
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mountain Top
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Mountain Top
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Mountain Top
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,881 bird observations recorded near Mountain Top — most often seen:
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (1,151)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (752)
- Northern Brown Thornbill (671)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (528)
- Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove (507)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (483)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (417)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (361)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (360)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (352)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (326)
- Wonga Pigeon (324)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (323)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mountain Top
- Australian Torresian Crow (310)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (307)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (301)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (292)
- Green Figbird (287)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (281)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (266)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (265)
- Southern Spangled Drongo (261)
- East Coast Large-billed Scrubwren (252)
- White-headed Pigeon (250)
- Central East Coast White-browed Scrubwren (236)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (229)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (210)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (206)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (194)
- Topknot Pigeon (179)
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 Mountain Top:
- Stony Chute (3.8 km)
- Georgica (4.2 km)
- Coffee Camp (5.5 km)
- Larnook (6 km)
- Nimbin (6.4 km)
- Wadeville (7.4 km)
- Blue Knob (7.6 km)
- Tuntable Creek (8.1 km)
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Streets
- Lodge Road (20)
- Mountain Top Road (17)
- R H Smith Road (4)
- Whitney Road (2)
