Byron
38,784 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 566 km², 40 suburbs. Council website: byron.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
38,784
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.8% in a year
Density
69/km²
566 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.5M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$112
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.5 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
40
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
- 43
- Median household income
- $1,602/week
- Median rent
- $520/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,167/month
- Households renting
- 30.3%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
40 suburbs where Byron holds most residents, plus 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Bay | 6,330 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 84% | 8 |
| Ocean Shores | 5,777 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 79% | 6 |
| Suffolk Park | 4,222 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 80% | 9 |
| Mullumbimby | 4,180 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 91% | 5 |
| Bangalow | 2,752 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 86% | 10 |
| Brunswick Heads | 1,905 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 94% | 5 |
| Myocum | 1,217 | All | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 8 |
| Ewingsdale | 1,025 | All | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 93% | 9 |
| Clunes (NSW) | 907 | 15% | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 85% | 9 |
| South Golden Beach | 887 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 73% | 7 |
| Federal (NSW) | 784 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 9 |
| Main Arm | 640 | All | $1.1MDec 2024 | – / 99% | 6 |
| Mullumbimby Creek | 512 | All | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 7 |
| Coorabell | 481 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 10 |
| Wilsons Creek | 466 | All | $1.5MDec 2024 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Goonengerry | 422 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Coopers Shoot | 409 | All | $4.7MDec 2024 | – / 98% | 10 |
| Broken Head | 385 | 92% | – / 90% | 9 | |
| New Brighton | 368 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 68% | 8 |
| Eureka (NSW) | 353 | All | $1.5MDec 2024 | – / 78% | 9 |
| Upper Main Arm | 283 | All | $900kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Possum Creek | 277 | All | $3.4MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 9 |
| Nashua | 267 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 85% | 10 |
| Billinudgel | 261 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| The Pocket | 231 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 8 |
| Binna Burra (NSW) | 223 | All | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 95% | 9 |
| Tyagarah | 194 | All | – / 98% | 9 | |
| Middle Pocket | 141 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 8 |
| Wooyung | 139 | 24% | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 5 |
| Skinners Shoot | 130 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| McLeods Shoot | 113 | All | – / 98% | 10 | |
| Talofa | 103 | All | – / 99% | 10 | |
| Huonbrook | 99 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Yelgun | 88 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Booyong | 84 | 50% | – / 90% | 9 | |
| Upper Wilsons Creek | 79 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Palmwoods (NSW) | 78 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Upper Coopers Creek | 78 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Montecollum | 67 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Wanganui | 51 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Hayters Hill | 40 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Koonyum Range | 17 | All | – / 100% | 6 |
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 26 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $900k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.6M
- Highest suburb median
- $4.7M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 5 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 903
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 407
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,633
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,087
- 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)100%
- Page · Kevin HOGAN (NP)1%
State districts
- Ballina · Tamara Smith (GRN)92%
- Lismore · Janelle Saffin (ALP)8%
- Tweed · Geoff Provest (NAT)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.