Riverside NSW 2444
185 addresses · 6 streets
Cowper Electorate › Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA › Riverside · 315 km from Sydney
Living Here
Riverside is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 298 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,461 a week, with median rent near $415 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Port Macquarie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Riverside itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
1 physiotherapist
1 library
1 golf club
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
3 mechanics
Getting around. Ferry wharf: Riverside Ferry, 2.1 km south-east · Airport: Port Macquarie Airport, 3.8 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 29.3% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 48%
Population by age in Riverside
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 34 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 46 |
| 65-74 | 65 |
| 75-84 | 35 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Riverside
| House | 106 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Riverside
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 35 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Riverside
| English | 144 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 124 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Ancestry NS | 23 |
| German | 22 |
Housing tenure in Riverside
| Owned | 59 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 36 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Riverside
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 52 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Riverside
| Car | 48 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Riverside
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| South Africa | 6 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Taiwan | 4 |
| France | 3 |
Languages used at home in Riverside
| Mandarin | 4 |
|---|---|
| French | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
43,450 bird observations recorded near Riverside — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2,112)
- Welcome Swallow (2,057)
- Australian Pelican (2,055)
- Masked Lapwing (1,989)
- Australian Magpie (1,795)
- Magpie-lark (1,777)
- White-faced Heron (1,769)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,616)
- Willie Wagtail (1,616)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,605)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,565)
- Crested Tern (1,532)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,436)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Riverside
- Noisy Miner (1,432)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,423)
- Silver Gull (1,383)
- Pied Butcherbird (1,362)
- Torresian Crow (1,269)
- Australian White Ibis (1,262)
- Crested Pigeon (1,261)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,215)
- Red-browed Finch (1,199)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,161)
- Grey Fantail (1,156)
- Pied Cormorant (1,123)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1,074)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (1,070)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,065)
- Eastern Rosella (1,044)
- Brown Thornbill (1,027)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Riverside:
- Blackmans Point (2.8 km)
- Fernbank Creek (3 km)
- North Shore (3.8 km)
- The Hatch (5 km)
- Port Macquarie (6.3 km)
- Thrumster (7.4 km)
- Sancrox (8.2 km)
- Rawdon Island (8.3 km)
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Streets
- Maria River Road (5)
- Riverside Drive (140)
- Sandfly Alley (21)
- Shoreline Drive (9)
- Tarcoola Road (3)
- Twin Rivers Road (7)