Lord Howe Island is in Unincorporated NSW LGA, NSW, postcode 2898, with population 445.
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Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,400/mo, while renters pay about $1,343/mo — owning runs $57/mo higher on these medians.
Lord Howe Island (postcode 2898) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Unincorporated NSW local government area. The area has roughly 445 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $88K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $310 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,400.
Lord Howe Island is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1009, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -1.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Lord Howe Island is in the Unincorporated NSW Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2898. Council-level context for Unincorporated NSW LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Lord Howe Island is $310/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Lord Howe Island show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.