Mount Warning Postcode

New South Wales

Inner Regional
2484
Postcode for Mount Warning, NSW
Phone area code: 02 · 642 km from Sydney · Pop. 148
148
Population
54
Median Age
$833
Household Income/wk
$230
Median Rent/wk
5/10
SEIFA Advantage
54.2
Area (km²)

Income, rent and SEIFA figures are from the ABS 2021 Census and are reported in 2021 dollars, not adjusted for subsequent inflation.

Where Mount Warning ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of NSW suburbs.

How Mount Warning Compares

Mount Warning vs the NSW average and the national average (2021 Census, population-weighted).

MetricMount WarningNSW avgAU avg
Household income/wk $833 -NSW $1,931 $1,836
Rent/wk $230 -NSW $445 $390
Mortgage/month $2,000 -NSW $2,247 $1,958
Median age 54 45.0 45.0
SEIFA decile 5/10 ≈NSW 6.0/10 6.0/10
Unemployment 0.0% -NSW 5.0% 5.0%

Green pill = at least 10% above the NSW average; red = at least 10% below; grey = within 10%. For unemployment, colour polarity is inverted: lower is better.

Mount Warning is a locality 642 km from Sydney in New South Wales, classified as inner regional by the ABS. The postcode is 2484. It falls within the Richmond - Tweed region. The local government area is Tweed.

According to the 2021 Census, Mount Warning has a population of 148 with a median age of 54. The median weekly household income is $833, below the NSW average. The Indigenous population is 3 (2.0% of residents).

Housing in Mount Warning includes a median weekly rent of $230, median monthly mortgage repayment of $2,000, with 46 total dwellings. Housing costs in the area sit below the NSW average. Owner-occupied dwellings (owned or mortgaged) make up 80.0% of housing.

On the SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage, Mount Warning scores in decile 5 out of 10, which is around the national average.

Mount Warning is part of the Tweed Valley statistical area in New South Wales.

Mount Warning Details

Postcode2484
StateNew South Wales (NSW)
Phone Area Code02
Population (2021)148
Median Age54 years
Median Household Income (Census 2021)$833/week
Median Personal Income (Census 2021)$487/week
Median Weekly Rent (Census 2021)$230
Median Monthly Mortgage (Census 2021)$2,000
Average Household Size1.8 persons
Area54.2 km²
Population Density3/km²
Total Dwellings46
Australian Citizens61.5%
Indigenous Population3 (2.0%)
Unemployment Rate0.0%
SEIFA IRSAD Decile5/10 (average)
Latitude-28.3872211
Longitude153.3187577
Distance from Sydney642 km
Region (SA4)Richmond - Tweed
Area (SA3)Tweed Valley
Local GovernmentTweed
Federal ElectorateRichmond

Age Profile

0–14 (16.2%) 15–24 (10.8%) 25–44 (10.1%) 45–64 (41.2%) 65+ (20.9%)
Show counts
0–14 years24 (16.2%)
15–24 years16 (10.8%)
25–44 years15 (10.1%)
45–64 years61 (41.2%)
65+ years31 (20.9%)

Housing Tenure

Owned outright (56.0%) Mortgaged (24.0%) Rented (20.0%)

SEIFA Socio-economic Index

Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD), decile 5 of 10. Higher deciles indicate more advantage.

Health Conditions (2021 Census)

Asthma10 (6.8%)
Heart Disease9 (6.1%)
Arthritis7 (4.7%)
Lung Condition4 (2.7%)
Diabetes3 (2.0%)

Long-term health conditions self-reported in the 2021 Census. Persons may report more than one condition.

Motor Vehicles per Dwelling

No vehicle4 (9.1%)
1 vehicle25 (56.8%)
2 vehicles8 (18.2%)
3+ vehicles7 (15.9%)

Suburbs Near Mount Warning

Same Postcode (2484)

More Mount Warning Data

Page last reviewed . Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, ACARA school profiles 2025. How this data is sourced.