Wardell NSW 2477

Living Here

Wardell is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 830 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,254 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Wardell itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Wardell Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Wardell Cafe & Pie Shop
• 2 parks

  • Fitzroy Street Reserve
  • P V Walsh Park
• 1 hospital

  • Ballina District Hospital
• 1 post office

  • Wardell Post Office
• 1 electrician

  • Grand Casa Electrical
• 1 place to stay

  • Sandalwood Van & Leisure Park

Getting around. Airport: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, 15.9 km north-east.

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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: 46.9% 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 3.6% · Labour-force participation 52%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,602 bird observations recorded near Wardell — most often seen:

• White-cheeked Honeyeater (690)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (250)
• Australian Pied Oystercatcher (241)
• Laughing Kookaburra (184)
• Grey Fantail (179)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (161)
• Brown Thornbill (160)
• Noisy Miner (160)
• Scarlet Honeyeater (155)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (151)
• Australian Magpie (149)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (132)
• Australasian Figbird (131)

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 Wardell:

• East Wardell (1.7 km)
• Coolgardie (2.9 km)
• Cabbage Tree Island (4.2 km)
• Meerschaum Vale (4.7 km)
• Patchs Beach (4.9 km)
• Bagotville (5.6 km)
• Empire Vale (5.6 km)
• Pimlico (6 km)

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