Living in Lismore

In Lismore, the median rent tenants pay is €825 a month (2021) and unemployment is 4.8% (2026).

Lismore had 28,859 residents in 2021 and is a city in Australia. Median rent was A$300 per week, and median monthly mortgage repayment was A$1,473 in August 2021. For Lismore, the foreign population count was 2,851 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-079 sources

Population28,859people30 Jun 2021Official source · ABS Regional population, 2024-25 — 32180DS0004 Table 2: Estimated resident population, Significant Urban Areas

Median gross salary (region)1,817EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · www.abs.gov.au

Median rent825.4EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02

Unemployment rate4.8%country median 4.5% — 7% aboveIndependent source · DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026

Which Australia-wide rules apply when you move to Lismore?

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€70

Mobile plan, 10 GB€46

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	69.92 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telstra nbn100⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	45.79 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telstra Upfront Basic⁶Official · national market
Dwellings	12,381 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Main residence dwellings	11,573 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median weekly rent (AUD)	300 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median monthly rent	825.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02¹Official
Median monthly rent (whole dwelling)	825.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02¹Official

Is Lismore a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–58%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%

Student31%strong on education, weak on safety · range 23–39%

Family53%strong on family, weak on safety · range 44–62%

Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 42–68%

Worked out from these numbers

How international is the population?

9.9% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 2,851 of 28,859 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 4.8% in March 2026. Median personal income was A$676 per week in August 2021. Median household income was A$1,242 per week in August 2021.

Unemployment across cities in AustraliaUnemployment in Lismore is 4.8%. Of 100 cities with data, 32 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Lismore 4.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in full-time employment	6,921 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Employment rate	53.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median household income (AUD/week)	1,242 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median personal income (AUD/week)	676 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,817 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	www.abs.gov.au⁸Official
Unemployment rate	4.8 %country median 4.5%	31 Mar 2026	DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026⁹Independent

What does a salary buy in Lismore?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	outside the model's range
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02 · 2021-12-31	− €825
Internet€70 · official · Telstra nbn100 · 2026-07-31	− €70
Mobile plan€46 · official · Telstra Upfront Basic · 2026-07-31	− €46
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	—

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Lismore. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People who speak a language other than English at home	5.74 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Lismore. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

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Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) — State Language Course

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For eligible migrants, humanitarian entrants.

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Humanitarian Settlement Program (HSP) — Newcomer Adaptation

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

30°19°

29°19°

28°17°

26°14°

23°10°

21°8°

21°6°

22°7°

26°10°

27°13°

28°16°

30°17°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

135

157

171

100

138

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 30.2 · Feb 29.4 · Mar 28.1 · Apr 25.8 · May 23.1 · Jun 20.7 · Jul 20.7 · Aug 22.5 · Sep 25.5 · Oct 27 · Nov 28.5 · Dec 29.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LISMORE AIRPORT⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 18.8 · Feb 18.8 · Mar 17.3 · Apr 14.1 · May 10.5 · Jun 8.2 · Jul 6.5 · Aug 6.7 · Sep 9.7 · Oct 12.8 · Nov 15.5 · Dec 17.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LISMORE AIRPORT⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 24.5 · Feb 24.1 · Mar 22.7 · Apr 19.9 · May 16.8 · Jun 14.4 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 14.6 · Sep 17.6 · Oct 19.9 · Nov 22 · Dec 23.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LISMORE AIRPORT⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 134.7 · Feb 156.9 · Mar 170.9 · Apr 99.7 · May 85.1 · Jun 89.3 · Jul 46.8 · Aug 72 · Sep 68 · Oct 74.7 · Nov 92.2 · Dec 137.5 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LISMORE AIRPORT⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Ventura (United States) ±6.2 °C, Downey (United States) ±6.6 °C, Simi Valley (United States) ±7.6 °C, Houston (United States) ±8.9 °C, Pasadena (United States) ±8.9 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 88.5 km² in 2021. Population density was 315 people per km² in 2025.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.1%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	88.54 km²	31 Dec 2021	Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA.³Official
Foreign-resident share	9.89 %	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Foreign residents	2,851 people	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Population density	314.6 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation.⁴Official · significant urban area
Female residents	14,941 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Male residents	13,877 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Population	28,859 people	30 Jun 2021	ABS Regional population, 2024-25 — 32180DS0004 Table 2: Estimated resident population, Significant Urban Areas²Official

Population over time25 published observations, 2001–2025

27,739

28,305

28,871

29,437

27,856200120052011201520212025

Population fell 3.0% between 2001 and 2025, from 28,715 to 27,856.

International community in Lismore

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G09 PERSONS total across age groups and sex · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	28,816	100.0%
Australia	24,056	83.5%
Country of birth not stated	1,909	6.6%
England	601	2.1%
New Zealand	322	1.1%
Born elsewhere(d)	298	1.0%
Philippines	172	0.6%
India	158	0.5%
Germany	116	0.4%
United States of America	110	0.4%
Italy	99	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
South Africa	88	0.3%
Scotland	66	0.2%
Canada	63	0.2%
Vietnam	54	0.2%
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)(c)	51	0.2%
Netherlands	51	0.2%
Nepal	49	0.2%
Thailand	44	0.2%
Japan	39	0.1%
Malaysia	38	0.1%
Egypt	31	0.1%
France	31	0.1%
Pakistan	29	0.1%
Korea, Republic of (South)	28	0.1%
Papua New Guinea	27	0.1%
Sri Lanka	26	0.1%
Indonesia	25	0.1%
Brazil	23	0.1%
Zimbabwe	22	0.1%
Hong Kong (SAR of China)(c)	21	0.1%
Ireland	21	0.1%
Fiji	20	0.1%
Singapore	18	0.1%
Taiwan	16	0.1%
Iran	15	0.1%
Bangladesh	14	0.0%
Wales	13	0.0%
Chile	12	0.0%
Croatia	12	0.0%
Poland	9	0.0%
Greece	8	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0.0%
Malta	6	0.0%
Turkey	5	0.0%
Lebanon	4	0.0%
Samoa	4	0.0%
Cambodia	3	0.0%
Iraq	3	0.0%
Mauritius	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	28,816	100.0%
Australia	24,056	83.5%
Elsewhere (excludes country of birth not stated)	2,843	9.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Citizenship

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	28,816	100.0%
Australian citizen	25,963	90.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	9.87 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Households	11,573 households	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Labour force participation rate	56.5 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median age	42 years	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median monthly mortgage repayment (AUD)	1,473 AUD/month	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Lismore

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Darwin as a Lismore alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 37.4% Darwin vs 9.9% Lismore+278%
Median gross pay, region: €3,017 Darwin vs €1,817 Lismore+66%
Unemployment: 3.3% Darwin vs 4.8% Lismore−31%

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Alternative cities in Australia

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Kalgoorlie - Boulder29,072 residents Victor Harbor - Goolwa28,363 residents Nelson Bay28,329 residents Mount Gambier29,446 residents Burnie - Wynyard27,826 residents Maryborough27,820 residents

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Lismore in rankings

#18 of 30 in Cheapest cities to rent in Australia

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

What is the typical salary around Lismore?

The median gross salary is 1,817 EUR/month. Source: www.abs.gov.au.

What is the unemployment rate in Lismore?

The unemployment rate is 4.8 %. Source: DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026.

How many people live in Lismore?

The published population is 28,859 people. Source: ABS Regional population, 2024-25 — 32180DS0004 Table 2: Estimated resident population, Significant Urban Areas.

How many foreign residents live in Lismore?

2,851 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia.

Is Lismore a good place to live?

Lismore may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Australia live in Lismore?

The official country of birth distribution records 24,056 people (83.5%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks · abs.gov.au · checked 2026-09-25
ABS Regional population, 2024-25 — 32180DS0004 Table 2: Estimated resident population, Significant Urban Areas ABS Regional population, 2024-25 · abs.gov.au · checked 2026-09-19
Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA. geo.abs.gov.au · checked 2016-07-01
Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation. abs.gov.au · checked 2021-06-30
Telstra nbn100 telstra.com.au · checked 2026-09-15
Telstra Upfront Basic telstra.com.au · checked 2026-09-15
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LISMORE AIRPORT WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
www.abs.gov.au abs.gov.au · checked 2026-08-27
DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026 DEWR · dewr.gov.au · checked 2026-07-26

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