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Housing
the pocket
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.65M
flat yr · median house · Dec 2025
The Pocket is a leafy residential suburb of Byron.
Median house price
People
Population
231
Median age
44 yrs
Income / person / wk
$660
Household income / wk
$1,812
Housing
Median rent / wk
$470
Mortgage / month
$1,950
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 50%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 3%
- No religion
- 50%
- Born overseas
- 26%
- English only at home
- 94%
Local amenities
Amenity score
3/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
0
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
3.9 km
Nearest train
17.6 km
Nearest hospital
21.5 km
Distance to coast
7.8 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
4.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Byron
- Council population
- 36,019
- Council area
- 566 km²
- Density
- 64/km²
- Federal grants
- $4.35M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $121/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Richmond
- Federal MP
- Justine Elliot (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 60% 2PP
- State electorate
- Ballina
- State MP
- Tamara Smith (GRN)
Similar suburbs
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