Teven NSW 2478
139 addresses · 13 streets
Richmond Electorate › Ballina LGA › Teven · 603 km from Sydney
Living Here
Teven is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 306 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,825 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ballina Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Teven itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 medical clinic
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
2 golf clubs
1 electrician
1 place to stay
Getting around. Bus interchange: Byron Byron Gateway Airport Tour Operators, 6.9 km south-east · Ferry wharf: Burns Point Ferry, 7.7 km south-east · Airport: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, 7.3 km 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: 33% 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 | 33.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 52.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.9% · Labour-force participation 67.8%
Population by age in Teven
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 38 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 34 |
| 35-44 | 33 |
| 45-54 | 40 |
| 55-64 | 54 |
| 65-74 | 39 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Teven
| House | 97 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in Teven
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 28 |
| $3,000+ | 25 |
Top ancestries in Teven
| English | 160 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 98 |
| Scottish | 50 |
| Irish | 38 |
| German | 22 |
| Italian | 15 |
Housing tenure in Teven
| Owned | 45 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 29 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Teven
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Teven
| Car | 90 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 40 |
Top countries of birth in Teven
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| United States | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Scotland | 4 |
Languages used at home in Teven
| German | 9 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 4 |
| Spanish | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
39,854 bird observations recorded near Teven — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,962)
- Welcome Swallow (1,747)
- Torresian Crow (1,715)
- Noisy Miner (1,700)
- Australasian Figbird (1,686)
- Pied Currawong (1,647)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,642)
- Pied Butcherbird (1,641)
- Willie Wagtail (1,607)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (1,525)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,458)
- Eastern Whipbird (1,420)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,416)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Teven
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,388)
- Silvereye (1,315)
- Brown Honeyeater (1,229)
- Red-browed Finch (1,202)
- Grey Butcherbird (1,182)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1,108)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (1,070)
- Tawny Grassbird (1,067)
- Grey Fantail (1,048)
- Dusky Moorhen (1,039)
- Spangled Drongo (1,037)
- White-headed Pigeon (1,029)
- Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (1,022)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (1,001)
- Magpie-lark (998)
- Little Wattlebird (981)
- Australian White Ibis (972)
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 Teven:
- Tintenbar (2.5 km)
- Tuckombil (2.6 km)
- Cumbalum (4.3 km)
- Alstonvale (4.7 km)
- Fernleigh (4.8 km)
- Kinvara (5.4 km)
- Alstonville (5.8 km)
- Pearces Creek (6.1 km)
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Streets
- Beacon Road (6)
- Brunswick Street (1)
- Eltham Road (21)
- Houghlahans Creek Road (27)
- Ingrams Road (1)
- Jones Lane (2)
- Kirklands Lane (1)
- North Teven Road (26)
- Stokers Lane (6)
- Teven Road (33)
- Tintenbar Road (5)
- Tyumba Avenue (7)
- Wellers Road (3)
