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Housing
rous
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.60M
flat yr · median house · Dec 2025
Rous is a leafy residential suburb of Ballina.
Median house price
People
Population
230
Median age
48 yrs
Income / person / wk
$794
Household income / wk
$1,687
Housing
Median rent / wk
$440
Mortgage / month
$2,500
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 37%
- Top language at home
- Afrikaans · 1%
- No religion
- 37%
- Born overseas
- 18%
- English only at home
- 92%
Local amenities
Amenity score
5/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
1
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
3.9 km
Nearest train
31.3 km
Nearest hospital
12.5 km
Distance to coast
11.8 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
3.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Ballina
- Council population
- 46,236
- Council area
- 485 km²
- Density
- 95/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.41M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $139/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Page
- Federal MP
- Kevin Hogan (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 59% 2PP
- State electorate
- Ballina
- State MP
- Tamara Smith (GRN)
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