Wardell is a small locality in New South Wales within the Ballina local government area (postcode 2477). The area has roughly 830 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $65K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 technicians & trades, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
Median house prices in Wardell stand at $785,000, having surged by 18.5% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $700. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,569.
Wardell is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 952, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 35 bus stops. The crime rate in the Ballina LGA is moderate at 4,049 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 4.6%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($785K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 12.0x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +18.5% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.