Suburb profile
Wards River NSW 2422
Wards River is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, postcode 2422. It has 155 properties across 15 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Wards River, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Wards River
Wards River, NSW 2422, sits in the Mid North Coast region and neighbours Craven, Monkerai, Stroud and Stroud Road. Its 15 streets hold 155 properties, 153 of them houses and 2 units.
Census figures are for the Bulahdelah - Stroud area, which has 5,235 residents, a median age of 51 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,189 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,538 a month and the median rent $300 a week. Of 1,954 dwellings, 1,914 are separate houses, 12 semi-detached, 8 flats and 21 other; 911 are owned outright, 639 owned with a mortgage and 297 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Wards River
- 5,235Peoplelive in the area
- 51Median ageyears
- $1,189Median household incomea week
- $300Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,914
- Townhouses and semis12
- Flats and apartments8
- Other21
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,538a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Wards River
- Anderson Street16 properties
- Berrico Road4 properties
- Burtons Road5 properties
- Grants Road1 property
- Johnsons Creek Road9 properties
- Mackays Road1 property
- Maddens Lane1 property
- Mill Creek Road5 properties
- Monkerai Road1 property
- Pages Road9 properties
- Spring Creek Road8 properties
- Terreel Road18 properties
- The Bucketts Way55 properties
- Ward Street16 properties
- Weismantels Road6 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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.