Suburb profile
Eltham NSW 2480
Eltham is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, postcode 2480. It has 180 properties across 12 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Eltham, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Eltham
Eltham, NSW 2480, sits in the Northern Rivers region and neighbours Boat Harbour, Pearces Creek, Clunes and McLeans Ridges. Its 12 streets hold 180 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for Lismore Surrounds, the statistical area that contains Eltham. At the 2021 Census it had 15,786 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,478 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $334 a week. Of 5,687 dwellings, 5,487 were separate houses, 40 semi-detached, 81 flats and 55 other; 2,645 were owned outright, 1,965 owned with a mortgage and 805 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Eltham
- 15,786Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,478Median household incomea week
- $334Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses5,487
- Townhouses and semis40
- Flats and apartments81
- Other55
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Properties in Eltham
Schools in Eltham
Eltham Public School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Eltham.
Local agents in Eltham
Agencies that specialise in Eltham
Streets in Eltham
- Alexander Lane5 properties
- Boatharbour Road26 properties
- Cowlong Road21 properties
- Eltham Road37 properties
- Federation Drive26 properties
- Gray Road4 properties
- Johnston Road4 properties
- Laureldale Road6 properties
- Mayfield Street8 properties
- Mckenzie Road14 properties
- Pearson Road23 properties
- Rainforest Drive6 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.