Blandford NSW 2338
158 addresses · 22 streets
New England Electorate › Upper Hunter Shire LGA › Blandford · 234 km from Sydney
Living Here
Blandford is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 205 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,449 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Scone Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blandford itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Murrurundi, 6.1 km west · Airport: Scone Airport, 29.1 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 34.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 34.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 57.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.9% · Labour-force participation 59.1%
Population by age in Blandford
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 38 |
| 65-74 | 30 |
| 75-84 | 20 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Blandford
| House | 86 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Blandford
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 29 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Blandford
| Australian | 100 |
|---|---|
| English | 79 |
| Irish | 30 |
| Ancestry NS | 27 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
Housing tenure in Blandford
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Blandford
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Blandford
| Car | 61 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Top countries of birth in Blandford
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Ireland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
805 bird observations recorded near Blandford — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (57)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (42)
- Common Starling (41)
- Willie Wagtail (37)
- Magpie-lark (36)
- Eastern Rosella (33)
- Australian Wood Duck (31)
- Crimson Rosella (31)
- House Sparrow (30)
- Australian Raven (29)
- Welcome Swallow (28)
- Straw-necked Ibis (27)
- Crested Pigeon (26)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Blandford
- Western Galah (26)
- Common Myna (25)
- Nankeen Kestrel (25)
- Laughing Kookaburra (24)
- Noisy Friarbird (24)
- Pied Currawong (24)
- Pacific Black Duck (23)
- Noisy Miner (22)
- White-faced Heron (21)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (20)
- Galah (19)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (19)
- Pied Butcherbird (18)
- Superb Fairy-wren (18)
- Red Wattlebird (17)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (17)
- Dollarbird (15)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Blandford:
- Murulla (5.8 km)
- Scotts Creek (6.5 km)
- Murrurundi (6.7 km)
- Sandy Creek (7.1 km)
- Ardglen (12.5 km)
- Wingen (12.6 km)
- Pages River (12.9 km)
- Green Creek (13.2 km)
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Streets
- Bourke Street (10)
- Clarke Street (2)
- Cordelia Street (1)
- Debenham Street (22)
- Edrop Street (3)
- Finch Street (5)
- Hatton Street (3)
- Haydons Lane (8)
- Haydons Woolshed Road (4)
- Mills Street (3)
- Moore Street (1)
- New England Highway (15)
- Old Highway Road (5)
- Page Street (3)
- River Road (6)
- Salisbury Street (18)
- Scotts Creek Road (5)
- Stock Route Road (1)
- Surrey Street (3)
- Timor Road (19)
- Warlands Creek Road (13)
- White Street (8)
