Nashua NSW 2479
107 addresses · 11 streets
Richmond Electorate › Byron LGA › Nashua · 610 km from Sydney
Living Here
Nashua is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 267 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,025 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bangalow statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nashua itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, 15.3 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: 36.6% 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 | 36.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 62.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 60.9%
Population by age in Nashua
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 40 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 32 |
| 45-54 | 36 |
| 55-64 | 48 |
| 65-74 | 38 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Nashua
| House | 89 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Nashua
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 24 |
Top ancestries in Nashua
| English | 124 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 77 |
| Irish | 57 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| Ancestry NS | 33 |
| German | 20 |
Housing tenure in Nashua
| Owned | 46 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 22 |
| Rented | 19 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Nashua
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 42 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Nashua
| Car | 69 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 32 |
Top countries of birth in Nashua
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| Thailand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Nashua
| Thai | 9 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,374 bird observations recorded near Nashua — most often seen:
- White-headed Pigeon (409)
- Green Catbird (405)
- Wonga Pigeon (377)
- Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (368)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (360)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (327)
- Eastern Whipbird (294)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (292)
- Australian Magpie (284)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (252)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (251)
- Australian Torresian Crow (232)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (231)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Nashua
- Torresian Crow (218)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (217)
- Laughing Kookaburra (208)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (207)
- Grey Fantail (206)
- Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove (202)
- Topknot Pigeon (202)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (199)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (194)
- Regent Bowerbird (185)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (185)
- Mistletoebird (182)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (181)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (179)
- Pied Butcherbird (179)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (176)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (172)
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 Nashua:
- Booyong (2.8 km)
- Binna Burra (3.5 km)
- Brooklet (4.6 km)
- Eureka (5 km)
- Pearces Creek (5.2 km)
- Fernleigh (5.3 km)
- Clunes (5.6 km)
- Eltham (6.6 km)
Embed this suburb
Add this free Nashua stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Nashua
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Booyong Road (20)
- Burnetts Road (6)
- Cooks Road (8)
- Kings Road (4)
- Kirklands Lane (3)
- Lismore Road (20)
- Nicholsons Lane (9)
- Scarrabelottis Road (12)
- Springvale Road (2)
- Taylors Road (11)
- Tooheys Mill Road (12)
