Lismore Facts

About Lismore City Council

Lismore is situated on the far north coast and is a major commercial and administrative city.  Other towns and villages are Nimbin, Caniaba, Bexhill, Clunes, The Channon and Wyrallah.

There is a great deal to see and do in the area.  Some of the permanent events are the Eat the Street Food Festival in Lismore in March, Lismore Gemfest in May, the Aviation Expo in July, the Darrel Chapman Fun Run in September and the Men’s Masters Australian Hockey Championships in October.

Lismore has spawned many sportspeople over the years which probably accounts for the wide range of sports played in the region.  Among those are AFL, baseball, cricket, cycling, netball, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, swimming, tennis and touch football. 

Education is well covered with many playgroups, pre-schools, long day care centres as well as family day care and after school centres.  Lismore has six public, two Catholic and three private primary schools and three public, three Catholic and two private high schools.  There is a Central School (K-12) in Nimbin and primary schools at Bexhill, Blakebrook, Coffee Camp, Caniaba, Clunes, Corndale, Dunoon, Eltham, Goolmangar, Jiggi, Larnbrook, Modanville, Rosebank, The Channon, Tregeagle, Tuntable and Whian Whian.  Lismore boasts a campus of North Coast TAFE and is the home of Southern Cross University.

For those needing medical attention, there is much to choose from.  There are many GP medical centres and specialists in the city.  There are many allied health professionals providing podiatry, dietetics, speech pathology, occupational therapy, psychology and physiotherapy. The Lismore Base Hospital has over 200 beds and is a major emergency, trauma and elective surgical hospital. It also has a coronary care unit and is home to the North Coast Cancer Institute. St Vincents is a private hospital in Lismore.   There is a Community Health and a Mental Health facility in Lismore as well as a large number of assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

For more information contact: council@lismore.nsw.gov.au

Housing Data: Sourced from www.realestate.com.au current as at 7/18.
Careers Data: Sourced from ABS.