Suburb profile

North Lismore NSW 2480

North Lismore is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, postcode 2480. It has 785 properties across 44 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in North Lismore, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About North Lismore

North Lismore, NSW 2480, sits in the Northern Rivers region and neighbours Booerie Creek, Lismore, Lismore Heights and South Lismore. Its 44 streets hold 785 properties, 743 of them houses and 42 units.

Census figures are for the Lismore area, which covers almost all of the suburb. At the 2021 Census Lismore had 15,229 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,176 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,343 a month and the median rent $300 a week. Of 6,220 dwellings, 4,756 were separate houses, 720 semi-detached, 511 flats and 206 other; 1,942 were owned outright, 1,782 owned with a mortgage and 2,326 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in North Lismore

  • 15,229Peoplelive in the area
  • 42Median ageyears
  • $1,176Median household incomea week
  • $300Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,756
  • Townhouses and semis720
  • Flats and apartments511
  • Other206

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,343a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,942Owned with a mortgage 1,782Rented 2,326Other 170

For sale and rent in North Lismore

Clint McCarthyClint McCarthy

$395,000

28 Terania Street, North Lismore NSW 2480

3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 245 m² land House

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Properties in North Lismore

Schools near North Lismore

  • St Carthage's Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

    1.2 km
  • Living School - Carrington Lane Campus

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

    1.3 km
  • Living School

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

    1.9 km
  • Lismore South Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

    2 km
  • Lismore Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

    2.5 km

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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.