Suburb profile

Federal NSW 2480

Federal is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, postcode 2480. It has 339 properties across 24 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Federal, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Federal

Federal, NSW 2480, sits in the Northern Rivers region and neighbours Binna Burra, Coorabell, Eureka and Possum Creek. Its 24 streets hold 339 properties, 327 of them houses and 12 units.

Census figures are for the Bangalow area. Bangalow had 6,958 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,106 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,330 a month and the median rent $550 a week. Of 2,266 dwellings, 2,173 were separate houses, 36 semi-detached, 28 flats and 31 other. Tenure split into 867 owned outright, 757 owned with a mortgage and 553 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Federal

  • 6,958Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $2,106Median household incomea week
  • $550Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,173
  • Townhouses and semis36
  • Flats and apartments28
  • Other31

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,330a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 867Owned with a mortgage 757Rented 553Other 89

Streets in Federal

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.