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Fernleigh NSW 2479

Fernleigh is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, postcode 2479. It has 123 properties across 6 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Fernleigh, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Fernleigh

Fernleigh, NSW 2479, sits in the Northern Rivers region and neighbours Brooklet, Nashua, Pearces Creek and Tintenbar. Its 6 streets hold 123 properties, 116 of them houses and 7 units.

Census figures are for Ballina Surrounds, which covers the whole suburb. The area had 18,327 residents, a median age of 46 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,565 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,900 a month and the median rent $410 a week. Of 6,824 dwellings, 5,901 were separate houses, 708 semi-detached, 145 flats and 65 other; 2,909 were owned outright, 2,149 owned with a mortgage and 1,467 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Fernleigh

  • 18,327Peoplelive in the area
  • 46Median ageyears
  • $1,565Median household incomea week
  • $410Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses5,901
  • Townhouses and semis708
  • Flats and apartments145
  • Other65

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,900a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,909Owned with a mortgage 2,149Rented 1,467Other 299

Properties in Fernleigh

Schools in Fernleigh

  • Fernleigh Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Local agents in Fernleigh

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Agencies that specialise in Fernleigh

Streets in Fernleigh

  1. Fernleigh Road69 properties
  2. Kirklands Lane14 properties
  3. Majors Lane8 properties
  4. Nashua Road22 properties
  5. Tooheys Mill Road8 properties
  6. Troughtons Lane2 properties

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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