East Ballina, NSW
Suburb profile from official open data — demographics, market signals, schools and safety.
At a glance
- Population
- 5,882
- Median age
- 48
- Household income
- $1,554/wk
- Owner-occupied
- 70%
- Renting
- 28%
- Socio-economic advantage
- Decile 7/10 in NSW
- Nearest train station
- Lismore Historic Railway Station · 31.5 km
- Nearest emergency dept
- Ballina District Hospital · 2.4 km
Sources: ABS Census 2021 & SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0); distances are straight-line from the suburb's address centroid.
Property market — real sales
Median house (5 yr)
$1.30m
Median unit (5 yr)
$850k
Sales (5 yr)
500
Sales (12 mths)
59
Recorded transactions, NSW Valuer General Property Sales Information (CC BY 4.0). Recent weeks may not be registered yet.
Community safety
193 recorded incidents in 2025 · down 18.6% vs 2024
School catchments (suburb centre)
Primary
Southern Cross CS
Secondary
Ballina Coast HS
Zones at the suburb's address centroid — individual addresses can differ; check any address on PropertyCheck for its exact zones. Source: state education departments (CC BY).
Growth & supply · Ballina
District population (2025)
18,813
+8% over 10 years
New homes approved (12 mths to Apr 2026)
59
houses 23 · other 36
ABS statistical district (SA2) containing the suburb centre (CC BY 4.0).
Sold prices by street
Every recorded transaction, free — the most-traded streets in East Ballina:
- Grandview Street (174)
- Pine Avenue (171)
- Eyles Drive (170)
- Cedar Crescent (151)
- Bayview Drive (126)
- Jameson Avenue (125)
- Anderson Street (109)
- Antrim Street (104)
- Seaview Street (100)
- Barwen Street (100)
- Links Avenue (97)
- Northumberland Drive (87)
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All figures from official open data with attribution; estimates and medians are statistical outputs, not valuations. Suburb boundaries follow ABS Suburbs and Localities (SAL) 2021.