Mount Rivers (postcode 2311) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Dungog local government area. The area has roughly 60 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $185 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,842.
Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Dungog LGA is below average at 2,110 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.