Richmond Hill NSW 2480

Living Here

Richmond Hill is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 850 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $2,006 a week, with median rent near $405 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% 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 Lismore Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Richmond Hill itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Summerland Christian College
  • Vistara Primary School
  • Bexhill Public School
  • The Rivers Secondary Collage (Kadina Campus)
  • Blue Hills College
  • Goonellabah Public School
• 5 parks

  • greenhills park
  • Sunrise Park
  • Caruana Park
  • Sam Trimble Oval
  • Platypus Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Carthage's Cathedral
• 1 pharmacy

  • Chemist Warehouse
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Goonellabah Physiotherapy
• 3 hospitals

  • Lismore Base Hospital
  • Lismore Base Hospital - Riverlands Drug and Alcohol Service
  • St Vincent's Private Hospital Lismore
• 3 libraries

  • Richmond Tweed Regional Library
  • Goonellabah Library
  • SCU Learning Centre
• 1 service station

  • Shell
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • 24-7 Gym
  • F-Fitness 24/7 Gym
• 1 golf club

  • Lismore Workers Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Holland Park Dog Play Area
• 1 butcher

  • Goonellabah Quality Meats
• 1 hairdresser

  • Ashlyn's Hair & Beauty
• 1 mechanic

  • Mike Scully Motors
• 1 electrician

  • Grand Casa Electrical
• 1 place to stay

  • Arcadia Motel

Getting around. Bus interchange: Lismore Transit Centre, 7.8 km west · Airport: Lismore Airport, 9.8 km south-west.

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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: 26.4% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 64%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

12,032 bird observations recorded near Richmond Hill — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (887)
• Australian Magpie (812)
• Noisy Miner (647)
• Pied Currawong (631)
• Laughing Kookaburra (583)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (577)
• White-headed Pigeon (472)
• Tawny Frogmouth (467)
• Australasian Figbird (442)
• Australian White Ibis (425)
• Crested Pigeon (405)
• Australian Wood Duck (392)
• Eastern Rosella (387)

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 Richmond Hill:

• Boat Harbour (2.7 km)
• Lagoon Grass (3 km)
• Mcleans Ridges (3.3 km)
• Bexhill (3.5 km)
• Goonellabah (3.9 km)
• Lindendale (4.3 km)
• Woodlawn (4.4 km)
• Chilcotts Grass (4.6 km)

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