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Lismore Surrounds

New South Wales · Richmond Valley - Hinterland, Richmond - Tweed

Live · ABS ERP June 2025

The median age is 47, higher than the middle New South Wales area (40, Census 2021). The median house price in Lismore Surrounds is $685k, about 46% below the middle New South Wales area ($1.28M). A 3-bedroom house rents for $630 a week in postcode 2480, against $713 in the middle New South Wales area.

Lismore Surrounds has 20 schools (18 government, 2 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 10 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). Population is 16,160 (ABS ERP June 2025).

Lismore Surrounds at a glance

Median house price
$685,000
Up 8.2% in a year
Rent: $630 a week, 3-bedroom house
Family-Fit score
63/100
Mixed for families
How it is calculated
Schools
20
Area centre zoned to Modanville Public School
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Childcare services
10
10 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
16,160
+0.3% in a year
Median age
47
16.9% are children under 15
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Boundaries: ABS Suburbs & Localities 2021. School pins are ACARA's published locations. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Open the full NSW map →

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How the Family-Fit score is built63/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
63 /100
Mixed for families

Mixed for families - strongest on childcare & early years, weakest on housing affordability.

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
79/100

NSW median 70/100

20 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 996

Childcare & early years · 15% of the score
100/100

NSW median 90/100

10 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
50/100

NSW median 78/100

7 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 0 supermarkets · 2 playgrounds

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
36/100

NSW median 38/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 15.8% of mortgage-holding households, 37.0% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
54/100

NSW median 67/100

16.9% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 38.7% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
44/100

NSW median 56/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 5 of 10 nationally

The grey marker on each bar is the median across the 612 New South Wales areas we publish a score for (state median overall: 64/100). It is context, not a pass mark.

Not scored here (no published data for this area, so it is left out rather than counted as zero): Getting around. The remaining inputs were rescaled to 100.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Lismore Surrounds SA2 is mapped onto 0–100 by fixed thresholds, then weighted. Inputs with no data here are dropped and the rest rescaled - never scored as zero. Every threshold and weight →

Schools in the area 79/100 × 20% → 18.6 points
20 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 996
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 17.6 points
10 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 50/100 × 15% → 8.8 points
7 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 0 supermarkets · 2 playgrounds
Getting around no data here - not counted
No train-time data for NSW yet, and no station mapped inside this SA2 - not counted either way
Housing affordability 36/100 × 15% → 6.3 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 15.8% of mortgage-holding households, 37.0% of renting households
Families already here 54/100 × 10% → 6.4 points
16.9% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 38.7% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 44/100 × 10% → 5.2 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 5 of 10 nationally

School results, crime and flood or bushfire overlays are not graded into this score. Limits of the score →

What families notice
In their own terms

What families notice

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Families often notice
  • This address is zoned to Modanville Public School (government, no fees).
  • At least one nearby government school has an above-average ICSEA intake profile (1075 vs. 1000 national average).
  • 7 parks mapped inside this SA2 (OpenStreetMap).
Good to know
  • We don't yet have official crime data for NSW (only NSW and VIC) - that's a data gap on our side, not a claim this area is safe.
  • About 37% of renters here spend over 30% of income on rent - above the standard affordability guideline (ABS Census 2021).
Source: Templated from the live data on this page - ABS, ACARA, ACECQA, BOCSAR/CSA Victoria, SEIFA 2021.
Living in Lismore Surrounds: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Lismore Surrounds

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A mid-sized suburb. Many childcare options nearby - 10 NQS-rated services. Mostly detached family homes.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA
Lismore Surrounds compared with New South Wales10 measures
Lismore Surrounds compared with the NSW average
Measure Lismore Surrounds NSW average Against NSW
Children aged 0 to 4 4.0% 5.8% Lower
Children aged 5 to 14 12.9% 12.4% About the same
Couple families with children 38.7% 44.5% Lower
One-parent families 14.5% 15.9% Lower
Homes owned outright 47.4% 31.9% Higher
Homes owned with a mortgage 35.2% 33.7% Higher
Homes rented 14.4% 32.5% Lower
Separate houses 96.9% 67.4% Higher
Flats and apartments 1.4% 20.3% Lower
Born overseas 11.4% 29.3% Lower

Source: ABS Census 2021. The NSW figure is the population-weighted average of the 641 NSW areas with a published value. "Higher" and "Lower" describe the number only.

About this area and its boundary

Lismore Surrounds is a locality in the Richmond Valley - Hinterland area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Lismore Surrounds SA2.

16,160 residents - 16.9% are children under 15, median age 47.

This profile uses the ABS Lismore Surrounds statistical area (SA2) - the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburbs of Nimbin, Clunes, Richmond Hill, Dunoon, McLeans Ridges, Caniaba, Modanville and Bexhill and 47 more localities, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

The median house price is $685,000, up 8.2% in a year, and a 3-bedroom house rents for a median $630 a week in the postcode 2480.

Median house price
$685,000
Mar 2026, postcode 2480
House price, change in a year
+8.2%
Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$630
per week, postcode 2480

Source: NSW DCJ Sales Mar 2026 · Rent Jun 2026. © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice).

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
47% Owned outright 35% Mortgage 14% Rented
Families
39% Couple with children 46% Couple, no children 15% One parent
Types of home
97% House 1% Townhouse 1% Apartment

Source: ABS Census 2021. Where the shares do not add to 100%, the rest is "other" or "not stated".

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Housing cost pressuremortgage and rent against income
What households here actually pay

Housing cost pressure

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In Lismore Surrounds, 37% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 15.8% of households with a mortgage spend more than 30% on repayments - the ABS's stretched-household threshold (Census 2021).

ABS published figures, not our calculation.

Mortgage over 30% of income
15.8%

NSW avg 17.3%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 310 of 1,706 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
37%

NSW avg 35.5%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 298 of 732 households with a stated rent.

The two figures cover different households (mortgage-holding vs renting), so never add them. How the ABS counts these → Grey marker: NSW average (622 for mortgage and 622 for rent). Census 2021 - housing costs have moved since. Not financial advice.

Source: ABS Census 2021 - Mortgage & Rent Affordability Indicator Datasets (via ABS Data by Region, SA2)
What's being built herenew homes approved, year by year
Lismore Surrounds · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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42 new homes were approved in Lismore Surrounds in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 328 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

42

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle NSW area: 37

317

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

11

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Lismore Surrounds statistical area. What these counts include → Dashed line: the median of 599New South Wales areas.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by region, 2011-2025 (cat. 1410.0), sourced from ABS Building Approvals, Australia (cat. 8731.0) (source, CC BY 4.0). Each year is a year ended 30 June, published for the SA2, not the suburb.
About the price and rent figures

The NSW Department of Communities and Justice publishes sale prices and rents by postcode, not by suburb. These are the medians for postcode 2480, where most people in this area live. Other areas in the same postcode show the same figures.

Schools and childcare

20 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Modanville Public School. 10 childcare services are on the national register, 10 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Modanville Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lismore Surrounds.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 58
ICSEA 1014
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lismore Surrounds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Zoned secondary school
The Rivers Secondary College, Richmond River High Campus Government · 7-12 · 494 students · just outside the suburb boundary
ICSEA 950 intake context

The government Year 7 zone for the centre of Lismore Surrounds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Tuntable Falls Community School
Independent 54 students
ICSEA 1023 intake context
Vistara Primary School
Independent 19 students
ICSEA 1121 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

All school zones in the Lismore council area →

To look beyond Lismore Surrounds, every New South Wales school is on the Australian schools and catchment zones map.

Find the school zone for an address in Lismore Surrounds

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Schools in Lismore Surrounds

Modanville Public School
Zoned school (area centre) Government Primary Years K-6
Students
58
ICSEA
1014
Nimbin Central School
Government Combined Years K-12
Students
245
ICSEA
956
Bexhill Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
113
ICSEA
995
Tregeagle Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
103
ICSEA
993
Clunes Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
86
ICSEA
1056
Dunoon Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
72
ICSEA
1037
Eltham Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
59
ICSEA
1075
Tuntable Falls Community School
Independent Primary Years K-6
Students
54
ICSEA
1023
Blakebrook Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
36
ICSEA
942
Caniaba Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
29
ICSEA
955
Coffee Camp Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
25
ICSEA
964
Jiggi Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
25
ICSEA
1010
The Channon Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
25
ICSEA
1019
Corndale Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
23
ICSEA
998
Rosebank Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
20
ICSEA
989
Vistara Primary School
Independent Primary Years 1-6
Students
19
ICSEA
1121
Wyrallah Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
17
ICSEA
985
Larnook Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
11
ICSEA
886
Whian Whian Public School
Government Primary Years K-6
Students
8
ICSEA
1052
Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre
Government Combined
ICSEA
not published

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). Source: ACARA School Profile 2025. All NSW schools →

Childcare: 10 services

Exceeding NQS: 6Meeting NQS: 4

National Quality Standard ratings from the ACECQA register, refreshed Oct 2026. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Childcare services, ratings and fees10 services
  • Clunes Community Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 25 places · Clunes
    Rated Sep 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Dunoon Pre-School
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Dunoon
    Rated Apr 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Nimbin Pre-School
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Nimbin
    Rated Dec 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Tuntable Falls Early Childhood Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Nimbin
    Rated Dec 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Richmond Hill Community Pre-School
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Richmond Hill
    Rated Dec 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Rosebank Community Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Rosebank
    Rated Jan 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Clunes Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 35 places · Clunes
    Rated Jun 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • Bexhill Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Bexhill
    Rated Dec 2022 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • The Tower Pre-School
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Jiggi
    Rated Jul 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • The Channon Children's Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · The Channon
    Rated Dec 2025
    Meeting NQS
Average subsidised fee - Richmond Valley - Hinterland area
Centre-based day care
$13.18/hr
Outside school hours care
$8.88/hr

Mean hourly fee across CCS-approved services, December quarter 2025 - Dept of Education, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Published at SA3 level (a wider area than this suburb's SA2), so it's an average across Richmond Valley - Hinterland and surrounds, not this specific service list.

Verify locations before visiting. A rating over 3 years old is flagged. What the NQS ratings mean → Childcare places per child, by suburb →

Who lives here

Fewer rented homes than New South Wales overall: 14.4% of homes, against 32.5% statewide.

Median age
47
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
16.9%
Below the NSW average
Born overseas
11.4%
Below the NSW average
Density
13
people per km²

Ages of people here

Lismore Surrounds NSW average

Share of residents in each age band, in years. Source: ABS Census 2021.

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How the area is changingCensus 2011 to 2021
People counted at the Census, 2011 to 2021
+1,020 people
2011: 14,766 2021: 15,786
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+4 years
2011: 43 2021: 47
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
−3.9 points
2011: 20.8% 2021: 16.9%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
−0.1 points
2011: 11.5% 2021: 11.4%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+0.5 points
2011: 4.3% 2021: 4.8%
Lismore council area, official forecast
+2,120 people
2021: 44,630 2041: 46,750

Each line is drawn on its own scale, so compare the numbers, not the heights. Source: ABS Census 2011, 2016 and 2021; Travel Zone Projections 2024 (TZP24), Transport for NSW forecast, published for the council area, not the suburb.

Census trends against the middle NSW areafull charts
Three censuses, same boundaries

Which way this area is moving

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The 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses for Lismore Surrounds, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Lismore Surrounds has grown older, with a smaller share of children.

People counted
+1,020 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+4 years since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
−3.9 pts since 2011

Share of all residents. The clearest signal of families arriving or moving on.

Born overseas
−0.1 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
+0.5 pts since 2011

Share of residents who stated a language, speaking one other than English at home.

The dashed line is the median across the New South Wales areas we profile. How the three Censuses line up →

Source: ABS Census Time Series Profile 2021 (2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses, SA2)
How many people will live around hereofficial forecast
Lismore council area · official projection

How many people will live around here

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The rest of this page looks backwards. This is the one number that looks forward - and it is the state government's own, not ours. Travel Zone Projections 2024 (Transport for NSW) projects the Lismore council area, which contains Lismore Surrounds along with its neighbouring suburbs, to grow to 46,750 people by 2041: 2,120 more people than the 44,630 counted in 2021.

This is the council area, not Lismore Surrounds. Lismore is a whole local government area covering many suburbs, and neither state publishes a projection for a single suburb. Growth is never spread evenly across a council - a greenfield estate and an established street inside the same council will move very differently - so read this as the direction of the wider area a suburb sits in, not as a forecast for its own streets. Only the years the publisher itself lists are plotted: nothing is filled in between them, and nothing is carried past 2041. A projection is an assumption about the future, not a measurement of it, and it will be revised - this one was released 2024. These figures sit on the projection's own series, so they are not directly comparable with the ABS resident-population and Census counts elsewhere on this page, which use different geographies and different years.

Source: Travel Zone Projections 2024 (TZP24), Transport for NSW, released 2024 (source, CC BY 4.0). Published for the council area, not the suburb; figures rounded to the nearest 10.
Where this year's population change came from+0.30% in a year
Population
16,160
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+0.30%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+49
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+49
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+40
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-38
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+47

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force - more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Lismore Surrounds
+0.30%
NSW median
+0.60%
National median
+0.80%
Ages against the state average, band by band
The neighbourhood, in people

Ages of people here

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12.9% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - about the New South Wales average of 12.4%, and 4% are under 5. The median age is 47.

0–4 years · before school
4%

NSW avg 5.8%

5–14 years · school age
12.9%

NSW avg 12.4%

15–19 years · teens
5.7%

NSW avg 5.7%

20–34 years
11.6%

NSW avg 20.3%

35–54 years
26.8%

NSW avg 26.3%

55–64 years
18%

NSW avg 11.9%

65 years and over
20.9%

NSW avg 17.6%

Share of all residents of Lismore Surrounds (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the New South Wales average. How the bands and averages work →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Households and families
The neighbourhood, in people

Households and families

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53% of families here have children living at home - fewer than the New South Wales average of 60%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (4%), New Zealand (1.5%) and Germany (0.7%). 14% of homes are rented.

Family make-up

Share of all families in the area. A small "other family" group the ABS also counts is not shown.

Couple with children
38.7%

NSW avg 44.5%

One-parent family
14.5%

NSW avg 15.9%

Couple, no children
45.7%

NSW avg 37.9%

What people live in

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated structures are not shown.

Separate house
96.9%

NSW avg 67.4%

Semi-detached / townhouse
0.7%

NSW avg 11.6%

Flat or apartment
1.4%

NSW avg 20.3%

Owned or rented

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated tenures are not shown.

Owned outright
47.4%

NSW avg 31.9%

Owned with a mortgage
35.2%

NSW avg 33.7%

Rented
14.4%

NSW avg 32.5%

Figures describe Lismore Surrounds (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the New South Wales average. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Birthplaces, languages and communities
The neighbourhood, in people

Who lives in Lismore Surrounds

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 92.9% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

United Kingdom · established by 2016
4%

NSW avg 3.2%

New Zealand · established by 2016
1.5%

NSW avg 1.1%

Germany · established by 2016
0.7%

NSW avg 0.1%

South Africa · growing since 2016
0.5%

NSW avg 0.3%

Netherlands · established by 2016
0.4%

NSW avg 0%

Nearby
Lismore, Goonellabah and Bangalow also have an established United Kingdom community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 6.4% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (NSW avg 16.2%) and 69.4% arrived before 2001 (NSW avg 52%).
English at home
Of residents who speak a language other than English at home and stated their English proficiency, 4.7% report speaking English “not well” or “not at all” (NSW avg 13.5%) - a self-reported ABS figure across all languages combined, not a judgement of any one community.

Figures describe Lismore Surrounds (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The ABS publishes only the five largest communities per area, so a missing name did not rank in the top five. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Socio-economic index (SEIFA)decile 5 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 5 of 10
Where this sits in NSW
bottom 50% of New South Wales areas

A relative comparison of the whole area against all of Australia - not a safety, liveability, or school-quality measure. What IRSAD measures → Source: ABS SEIFA 2021, IRSAD index (SA2).

Getting around and lifestyle

7 parks are mapped in the area, and the nearest emergency department is Lismore Base Hospital, 6.8 km away in a straight line.

None mapped
Supermarkets
Middle NSW area: 2
None mapped
GPs
Middle NSW area: 0
7
Parks
Middle NSW area: 17
2
Playgrounds
Middle NSW area: 8
None mapped
Train stations
Middle NSW area: 0
None mapped
Libraries
Middle NSW area: 1

Mapped inside the Lismore Surrounds boundary. A zero can mean "not mapped" rather than "not there". Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Train to the city and nearest emergency department

Train to the city

Not published

New South Wales publishes its timetable data behind a free developer account we have not yet set up, so we show no travel time here. This is a gap on our side, not a statement about the transport in this area.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Lismore Base Hospital · 6.8 km

Straight-line distance from the middle of this area - not a drive time. In an emergency call 000; do not plan around this figure.

Community and recreation
8
Places of worship
Middle NSW area: 1
9
Community centres
Middle NSW area: 0
1
Swimming pools
Middle NSW area: 0
1
Sport and fitness venues
Middle NSW area: 1
Out with a baby
2
Baby-change tables
None mapped
Baby-care rooms

Public-toilet facilities recorded on the National Public Toilet Map - not every place in the area that will let you change a baby.

About this data

Counts of features tagged in OpenStreetMap inside the Lismore Surrounds boundary. “Middle NSW area”: the median of 634 New South Wales areas. How these counts and times are made →

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors · baby-facility counts from the National Public Toilet Map (Continence Foundation of Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, CC BY 3.0 AU)

Crime & safety in Lismore Surrounds

We don't have an official incident count matched to this specific area yet - that's a data gap on our side, not a claim that Lismore Surrounds is safe. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe. More on crime & safety →

Risks

4 of the 4 planning and hazard records we hold show something in this area: bushfire, heritage controls, traffic noise and acid sulfate soils. 3 more are not published for NSW - treat them as not checked.

Bushfire

Designated Bush Fire Prone Land

Present in this area

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

Present in this area

Traffic noise

Main roads only

Nimbin Road · Blue Knob Road · Bruxner Highway · +30 more

Acid sulfate soils

Classified in the local plan

Present in this area

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Lismore Surrounds area - not a risk rating, and a specific address may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice.

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All 9 checks and what each one means

Flooding

Not published

New South Wales publishes flood planning maps council by council, with no free statewide layer we can republish - check the local council's flood planning map for this area.

Bushfire

Designated Bush Fire Prone Land

Present in this area

Part of this area is mapped as Bush Fire Prone Land by the NSW Rural Fire Service. This designation is drawn broadly around vegetation across most of NSW, so read it as "check the property", not as a measure of how exposed the area is.

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

Present in this area

Part of this area sits inside the heritage layer in the local environmental plan, so changes to buildings there - extensions, demolition, sometimes even paint colours - need planning approval. It applies property by property: most homes in an area with an overlay are not in it, and being in one is a protection as much as a restriction. Almost every NSW area contains some heritage-listed land, so read this as "check the address", not as something that sets this area apart.

Traffic noise

Main roads only

Nimbin Road · Blue Knob Road · Bruxner Highway · +30 more

No freeway or highway is mapped inside this area. 33 named main roads (arterial or connector) run through it. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment.

Aircraft noise

Not mapped

New South Wales maps aircraft-noise contours only where a council or precinct plan writes them in - four councils and the Western Sydney Airport precinct do. Sydney Airport's contours are published federally in its master plan and are not in the state layer, so read this as "nothing mapped here", not as a quiet area.

Land contamination checks

Not mapped

New South Wales records contaminated land in the EPA's searchable register of notified sites rather than in a planning-scheme map layer, so we have no overlay to show for this area. Search the NSW EPA contaminated land record for a specific address - nothing mapped here means we have not checked it, not that the land is clear.

Acid sulfate soils

Classified in the local plan

Present in this area

Part of this area is classified for acid sulfate soils in the local environmental plan, which means work disturbing the soil below a set depth needs council consent. Acid sulfate soils are harmless while they stay wet and buried; digging into them - for a pool, footings, a basement or drainage - exposes them to air and produces acid that eats concrete and steel and can kill fish downstream, so excavation may need a management plan. The class describes how close the soils are likely to sit to the surface, not how bad they are. Much of the low-lying land around the coast and its rivers is classified, so read this as "check before you dig", not as something that sets this area apart.

Recorded crime

Not published

No suburb-level incident record matched this area in the published statistics.

Social housing

Census figure

0.0% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.2% from a community housing provider

Share of occupied private dwellings here with a stated tenure (Census 2021). The middle NSW area is 1.6% public and 0.7% community, across 624 areas. Listed because families ask; it is a fact about who owns the homes, not a judgement about the people in them.

About this data

Every line is an official published record for the Lismore Surrounds area - we don't rate, score or rank any of them. Where a line is missing, treat it as not checked rather than clear. What each line covers and does not →

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service Bush Fire Prone Land, © State Government of NSW and NSW Rural Fire Service · NSW Planning EPI Heritage, Airport Noise + Acid Sulfate Soils, © State of New South Wales, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure - CC BY 4.0 · ABS Census 2021 (G37 tenure and landlord type) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) - road classification

Nearby suburbs

The six closest profiled areas in New South Wales, by distance between area centres.

Lismore Surrounds · 55 gazetted suburbs

The suburbs in this area

Live

Everything else on this page is published for Lismore Surrounds as a whole - one ABS statistical area covering 55 separate gazetted suburbs. These are the figures published for each of the 54 the ABS publishes a profile for.

Gazetted suburbs inside Lismore Surrounds, with each suburb's own published figures.
Suburb Residents
Census 2021
Schools Median
house price
Nimbin 1,607 2 $685k
Clunes 907 1 $685k
Richmond Hill 850 1 $685k
Dunoon 840 1 $685k
McLeans Ridges 808 0 $685k
Caniaba 804 1 $685k
Modanville 614 1 $685k
Bexhill 528 1 $685k

1 smaller locality is also inside this area. The ABS publishes no separate census profile for it, so it has no row here.

Each row is that suburb's own published figure - nothing here is the wider area's number divided up. Resident counts are the Census 2021 usual-resident count for the gazetted suburb, so they will not add up to the population at the top of this page, which is the ABS's later June 2025 estimate for the whole statistical area: a different measure on a different date. Schools are ACARA-registered schools whose published address falls inside the suburb boundary, which is not the same as the school your address is zoned to. Median house prices in New South Wales are published by postcode, not by suburb (marked *), so suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure - it describes the postcode, not the individual suburb. Every other figure on this page - crime & safety, overlays, commute, amenities, projections, the Family-Fit score - is published for the whole statistical area and cannot be separated by suburb.

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile for Suburbs and Localities; ABS ASGS Edition 3 suburb boundaries; ACARA School Location 2025; NSW Department of Communities and Justice median house sale prices (by postcode). © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice).

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