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Lightning Ridge NSW 2834

Lightning Ridge is located in the Far West and Orana region of New South Wales, postcode 2834. It has 1,322 properties across 63 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Lightning Ridge, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Lightning Ridge

Lightning Ridge, NSW 2834, sits in the Far West and Orana region and neighbours Angledool, Collarenebri, Goodooga and Walgett. Its 63 streets hold 1,322 properties, 1,086 of them houses and 236 units.

Census figures are for the Walgett - Lightning Ridge area. At the 2021 Census it had 5,534 residents, a median age of 44 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $991 a week, the median mortgage repayment $852 a month and the median rent $179 a week. Of 1,765 dwellings, 1,350 were separate houses, 58 semi-detached, 22 flats and 234 other; 720 were owned outright, 259 owned with a mortgage and 555 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Lightning Ridge

  • 5,534Peoplelive in the area
  • 44Median ageyears
  • $991Median household incomea week
  • $179Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,350
  • Townhouses and semis58
  • Flats and apartments22
  • Other234

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$852a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 720Owned with a mortgage 259Rented 555Other 231

Schools in Lightning Ridge

  • Lightning Ridge Central School

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Lightning Ridge

A

  1. Aerodrome Road2 properties
  2. Agate Street18 properties
  3. Angledool Heights1 property
  4. Angledool Road2 properties

B

  1. Bald Hill Road2 properties
  2. Bill O'Brien Way4 properties
  3. Black Prince Drive100 properties
  4. Borehead Road2 properties
  5. Brilliant Street12 properties
  6. Burranbaa Road4 properties
  7. Butterfly Avenue63 properties

C

  1. Cardinal Road37 properties
  2. Castlereagh Highway17 properties
  3. Crystal Road1 property

D

  1. Dry Rush Opal Field Road1 property

E

  1. Empress Crescent7 properties

F

  1. Fabians Road1 property
  2. Fantasia Street71 properties
  3. Flamingo Street23 properties
  4. Fred Reece Way18 properties

G

  1. Gem Street56 properties

H

  1. Halleys Comet Street27 properties
  2. Harlequin Street93 properties

K

  1. Kaolin Street37 properties
  2. Koomalah Road6 properties
  3. Kopi Street5 properties

L

  1. Lappkalle Street31 properties
  2. Llanillo Road3 properties
  3. Lone Pine Road4 properties
  4. Lorne Road5 properties

M

  1. Matrix Street36 properties
  2. Millencowbah Road7 properties
  3. Mining Route2 properties
  4. Mining Route Road1 property
  5. Morilla Street120 properties

N

  1. Nettleton Drive65 properties
  2. New Chum Opal Field1 property
  3. Nobby Road28 properties

O

  1. Onyx Street20 properties
  2. Opal Fields1 property
  3. Opal Street105 properties

P

  1. Pandora Street126 properties
  2. Potch Street38 properties

R

  1. Rainbow Street12 properties
  2. Red Admiral Place16 properties
  3. Red Robin Street10 properties
  4. Ridge Road3 properties

S

  1. Shermans Way9 properties
  2. Shincracker Street10 properties
  3. Silica Street21 properties
  4. Sims Hill1 property
  5. Stoney Road1 property
  6. Sunflash Street1 property

T

  1. Three Mile Road3 properties

W

  1. Western Lands Lease 149471 property
  2. Windlass Avenue22 properties
  3. Wll 144281 property
  4. Wll 151471 property
  5. Wll 160051 property
  6. Wll 160431 property
  7. Wll14566 Canfells Opal Field1 property
  8. Wll152381 property
  9. Wooloroo Road3 properties

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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.