Ballina
48,603 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 485 km², 36 suburbs. Council website: ballina.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
48,603
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year
Density
100/km²
485 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$132
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.7 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
8 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
36
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 48
- Median household income
- $1,429/week
- Median rent
- $420/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,950/month
- Households renting
- 26.6%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 8 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
36 suburbs where Ballina holds most residents, plus 3 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballina | 9,735 | All | $898kDec 2025 | – / 63% | 3 |
| Lennox Head | 7,687 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 75% | 10 |
| Alstonville | 5,912 | All | $998kDec 2025 | – / 55% | 5 |
| East Ballina | 5,882 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 56% | 7 |
| Wollongbar | 3,261 | All | $839kDec 2025 | – / 59% | 7 |
| West Ballina | 3,230 | All | $900kDec 2025 | – / 75% | 2 |
| Cumbalum | 2,211 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 81% | 9 |
| Skennars Head | 1,303 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 82% | 8 |
| Wardell | 830 | All | $783kDec 2025 | – / 90% | 2 |
| McLeans Ridges | 808 | 12% | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 81% | 9 |
| Tintenbar | 618 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 75% | 9 |
| Newrybar | 532 | All | $4.1MDec 2024 | – / 64% | 10 |
| Alstonvale | 431 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 58% | 9 |
| Broken Head | 385 | 8% | – / 90% | 9 | |
| Meerschaum Vale | 372 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Pimlico (NSW) | 358 | All | $830kDec 2025 | – / 88% | 4 |
| East Wardell | 312 | All | $785kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 3 |
| Teven | 306 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 81% | 8 |
| Fernleigh | 298 | All | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 69% | 9 |
| Tuckombil | 285 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 58% | 8 |
| Uralba | 266 | All | $1.5MDec 2024 | – / 96% | 8 |
| Brooklet | 253 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 44% | 10 |
| Rous | 230 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 43% | 9 |
| Dalwood (Ballina - NSW) | 218 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 51% | 8 |
| Lynwood (NSW) | 215 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 49% | 8 |
| Pearces Creek | 210 | 57% | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 69% | 9 |
| Rous Mill | 204 | All | $1.0MDec 2024 | – / 58% | 8 |
| Kinvara | 193 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 94% | 8 |
| Knockrow | 186 | All | – / 58% | 10 | |
| Empire Vale | 185 | All | $845kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 5 |
| Keith Hall | 156 | All | $970kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 6 |
| Marom Creek | 146 | 22% | $920kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Coolgardie (NSW) | 132 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Cabbage Tree Island (Ballina - NSW) | 89 | All | – / 75% | 1 | |
| Bagotville | 60 | All | – / 99% | 2 | |
| Patchs Beach | 45 | All | – / 99% | 5 | |
| South Ballina | 27 | All | – / 98% | 6 | |
| Goat Island | 4 | All | – / 0% | 2 | |
| Pimlico Island | All | – / 0% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 28 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $783k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.4M
- Highest suburb median
- $4.1M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 7 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,058
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 291
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,154
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,046
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Richmond · Justine ELLIOT (ALP)72%
- Page · Kevin HOGAN (NP)28%
State districts
- Ballina · Tamara Smith (GRN)100%
- Lismore · Janelle Saffin (ALP)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.