North Casino ^{NSW 2470}

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North Casino sits 721 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 8 hours 10 minutes by car. Census data records 1,000 residents with a median age of 43 and a median household income of $102,336 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The town grew 5.9% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $350 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. All 1 school within the town boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.

Is North Casino a good town?

North Casino scores a C (44/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and safety, weaker on transit.

Schools

Mixed results

1 school · 1 above peer schools

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 14/100 · 720.7 km · 492 min drive to Sydney

Prices

More affordable than most

Median $1.04M

Safety

Low all-round risk

Fire 27/100 · Crime 25/100

Community

Mid-range socio-economic

SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 43 · 1,000 residents

Liveability Rating

44 / 100 · Ranked #918 in NSW

Each bar is North Casino's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.

Schools quality no data

too few schools to rate

Safety

Bushfire Low · Crime Low

No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.

Socio-economic

Mid-range

Walkability

Very car-dependent

CBD access

720.7 km · 492 min drive to Sydney

How it's calculated: Safety rank 78 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 39 × 25% + Walkability rank 20 × 15% + CBD access rank 5 × 10% = 44 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

Median House Price

Public listings data

North Casino's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.04 million, roughly 14% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$1,040,000

last 5 quarters

↑ +14.3% year-on-year

Based on 26 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 54 days — median across 5 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

4 bed 9 sales $1.08M
5 bed 5 sales $950K

Land

$995,000

Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in North Casino are currently listed at around $930,000 on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.

$930K

3 houses listed in the last 6 months.

3 of the suburb's 309 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026

3-bed houses: $560/wk; 36 bonds; +45% since 2021
2-bed units: $390/wk; 14 bonds; +36% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2470 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

110 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2470.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Short-Stay Rentals

No active Airbnb listings.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Is North Casino safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in North Casino sits in the low band, with 18 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 12% on the prior year.

18 offences

12.5% since 2024

Harassment & Stalking 7 (38.9%)

Assault 5 (27.8%)

Weapons Offences 2 (11.1%)

Theft 2 (11.1%)

Arson 1 (5.6%)

Sexual Offences 1 (5.6%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

1 crash

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Richmond Valley Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 8 on the portal

Schools

One school serve North Casino, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Casino Christian School leads the pack.

out of 100

Average

1 school in this town

1 above similar

• 354 students in one school (avg 354)

Combined

Casino Christian School

Independent · K-12 · 354 students

ICSEA 979 (higher than 37% of Australian schools) · 10% top-SEA students

Above similar

Walkability

North Casino is very car-dependent on foot — at 14/100, nearly all errands require a car.

out of 100

Very Car-Dependent

Public Transport within 1 km 47

Schools within 1.5 km 0

Parks within 800 m 0

Supermarkets within 1 km 0

GPs within 1 km 0

Pharmacies within 1 km 0

Childcare within 1 km 0

Hospitals within 5 km 0

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside North Casino.

out of 100

Bottom 24% in NSW

Bus

Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm): 7.5 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday: 2.8 arrivals/hr
Saturday: 0.0 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait: 1 min
Span of service: 8.9 hours

Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in North Casino.

connectivity score / 100

Most common

Fixed wireless

Full-fibre (FTTP) share: 0%
Premises covered: 337

Technology mix

Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

No amenities mapped in this town boundary.

Richmond Valley: council population

The whole council area, not just North Casino · estimated residents

at 30 June 2025

Residents

24,044

+0.3% in a year

Change

+76

people since 2024

Density

7.9

people per km² across the council area

What drove the change

Natural increase

+41

births minus deaths

Net internal migration

-17

moves within Australia

Net overseas migration

+52

arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state

2021 census

Advantage and disadvantage

5/10

4/10 within NSW

income, education, jobs and housing together

Economic resources

10/10

9/10 within NSW

income against housing cost and household size

Education and occupation

2/10

2/10 within NSW

qualifications and job type, income excluded

North Casino is home to about 1,000 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $102,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

1,000

5.9% since 2016

Median Age

4.9% since 2016

Median Household Income

$102,336/yr

22.6% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$350/wk

25.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,733/mo

1.5% since 2016

Avg Household Size

3.1

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$41,236/yr

20.2% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

4.0%

33.3% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

3.2%

40.7% since 2016

Total Dwellings

309

5.1% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

94.9%

2.5% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

0.3% since 2016

Rental Stress

17.8%

2.3% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

20.3%

19.8% since 2016

Work From Home

9.4%

129.3% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 309 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 163 (55.6%)

Owned Outright 115 (39.2%)

Renting 15 (5.1%)

Demographics

Born in Australia: 89.1%
English Spoken at Home: 94.8%
Employment Rate: 66%
Completed Year 12: 31.1%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 77 (14.5%)

Community & Personal Service 77 (14.5%)

Labourers 76 (14.3%)

Managers 71 (13.3%)

Professionals 67 (12.6%)

Clerical & Administrative 65 (12.2%)

Sales 47 (8.8%)

Machinery Operators & Drivers 34 (6.4%)

Religion

Christianity 665 (66.5%)

No Religion 280 (28.0%)

Buddhism 4 (0.4%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 13 (1.3%)

New Zealand 11 (1.1%)

Canada 6 (0.6%)

Philippines 5 (0.5%)

Italy 5 (0.5%)

Netherlands 4 (0.4%)

South Africa 3 (0.3%)

Germany 3 (0.3%)

When They Arrived

Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.

2016-2021 3 (0.3%)

2011-2015 9 (0.9%)

2001-2010 10 (1.0%)

1991-2000 8 (0.8%)

1981-1990 13 (1.3%)

Before 1981 33 (3.3%)

3 residents (0.3%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.

Age Distribution

0-4 45 (4.5%)

5-14 156 (15.6%)

15-19 95 (9.5%)

20-24 48 (4.8%)

25-34 67 (6.7%)

35-44 109 (10.9%)

45-54 184 (18.4%)

55-64 115 (11.5%)

65-74 123 (12.3%)

75-84 52 (5.2%)

85+ 8 (0.8%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 156 (76.1%)

Lone Person 26 (12.7%)

One Parent Families 15 (7.3%)

Group Household 8 (3.9%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 379 (82.8%)

Worked from Home 43 (9.4%)

Car (passenger) 28 (6.1%)

Walked Only 5 (1.1%)

Bicycle 3 (0.7%)

Local Jobs

People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.

About 124 people work here; 532 employed residents live here.

Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 56% of employed residents must work outside the town.

Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Education

Certificate III & IV 210 (21.0%)

Bachelor Degree 71 (7.1%)

Advanced Diploma / Diploma 59 (5.9%)

Postgraduate Degree 17 (1.7%)

Graduate Diploma / Certificate 10 (1.0%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 43 (14.1%)

2 cars 118 (38.8%)

3 cars 82 (27.0%)

4+ cars 64 (21.1%)

Council Rates

Richmond Valley

FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,282 a year through Richmond Valley based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate

$1,282/yr

4% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils

Valuation basis

Unimproved Value

land only

How this land is zoned

Share of North Casino's area by planning zone

2026-09

Rural and farming 88%
Residential 11%
Zones under 1% 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Richmond Valley

The whole council area, not just North Casino · new residential dwellings

to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 24 new dwellings were approved across Richmond Valley. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 77.8% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months

24dwellings

-77.8% YoY

Houses

detached dwellings

Units

townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Casino Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Setting

Elevation: 62 m; above sea level, at the town centre
Distance to the ocean: 46.1 km

Elevation is the ground at the town centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.2%

of light vehicles are electric

Up from 0.00% in 2021

+0.1 points this year

Bottom 16% in NSW

In postcode 2470, 24 of 11,851 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (199 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.9%.

Electric share, year by year

2021

0.00%

2022

0.03%

2023

0.06%

2024

0.11%

2025

0.20%

Rooftop solar

systems per 100 dwellings

Averaging 6.3 kW each

In postcode 2470, 4,144 rooftop-solar systems totalling 26.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 6,210 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 166 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year

2019

359

2020

469

2021

336

2022

220

2023

264

2024

208

2025

149

2026

121

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for

Purchase price

Deposit

Interest rate

Loan term

years

Monthly repayment

$5,424

Loan amount

$832,000

Total interest over 30 years

$1,120,646

1 mortgage broker is registered in this town, 2 across postcode 2470.

Deposit

$208,000

Stamp duty

$40,987

Cash needed at settlement

$248,987

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Page

Currently held by Kevin Hogan The Nationals

Year	Winner	2PP ALP	2PP LNP	Swing
2025	Kevin Hogan	40.7%	59.3%	+1.4
2022	Kevin Hogan	39.3%	60.7%	+1.3
2019	Kevin Hogan	40.5%	59.5%	+7.2

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.

State Electorate

Clarence District

Currently held by Richie Williamson The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year	Winner	Won with
2023	Richie Williamson NP	64.2%
2019	Chris Gulaptis NP	64.5%
2015	Chris Gulaptis NP	59.7%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about North Casino

Is North Casino a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in North Casino is low (25/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect North Casino?

North Casino has a low recorded bushfire history (27/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is North Casino a good place to live?

North Casino has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (44/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.

What is the population of North Casino?

North Casino, NSW had a population of 1,000 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for North Casino, NSW?

The postcode for North Casino, NSW is 2470.

How far is North Casino from Sydney?

North Casino is 721 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 492 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in North Casino?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in North Casino was $102,336 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in North Casino?

There are too few current rental listings in North Casino for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $350, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in North Casino?

The median age of residents in North Casino was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is North Casino at risk of bushfire?

North Casino has a low recorded bushfire history (27/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

How are the schools in North Casino?

There is 1 school inside the North Casino boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

Is North Casino walkable?

North Casino scores 14/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in North Casino?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does North Casino belong to?

North Casino sits within the Richmond Valley local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in North Casino?

The average residential rates bill through Richmond Valley is $1,282 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near North Casino?

Across Richmond Valley, 24 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 77.8% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is North Casino in?

North Casino sits within the federal Division of Page, currently held by Kevin Hogan (The Nationals).

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North Casino NSW 2470

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Median House Price

Currently for Sale

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Rental affordability

Short-Stay Rentals

Is North Casino safe? Crime statistics

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

Council Flood Studies

Schools

Combined

Walkability

Public transport

NBN connectivity

Amenities

Richmond Valley: council population

Socio-economic profile

Dwelling Types

Property Ownership

Demographics

Occupations

Religion

Country of Birth (overseas)

When They Arrived

Age Distribution

Family & Household Composition

Commute to Work

Local Jobs

Education

Cars per Dwelling

Council Rates

How this land is zoned

Building Approvals: Richmond Valley

Aboriginal Land Council

Setting

EV adoption

Rooftop solar

First Home Owner Grant

Mortgage repayments

Federal Electorate

State Electorate

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