Duffys Forest NSW 2084

Living Here

Duffys Forest is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 509 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $4,250 a week, with median rent near $625 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Terrey Hills - Duffys Forest statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Duffys Forest itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 12 schools

  • Alexander Primary School
  • Sydney Japanese School
  • Northern Beaches Christian School
  • Mosman Preparatory School
  • Kinma Primary & Preschool
  • German International School Sydney
  • Terrey Hills Public School
  • Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School
  • Knox Grammar Playing Fields
  • Kamaroi Steiner School

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• 2 parks

  • Gundundra Falls Reserve
  • Dardabong Reserve
• 8 Catholic churches

  • St Anthony in the Fields
  • Corpus Christi Catholic Church
  • St Martin de Porres Catholic Church
  • St Patrick's Asquith
  • Holy Name
  • St Bernard's
  • Sacred Heart
  • Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church
• 18 hospitals

  • Wyvern Private Hospital
  • Lady Davidson Private Hospital
  • Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
  • The San Day Surgery
  • Neringah Hospital
  • Arcadia Pittwater Private Hospital
  • Mount Wilga Private Hospital
  • Northern Beaches Hospital
  • Gordon Private Hospital
  • Sydney Adventist Hospital

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• 2 vets

  • St. Ives Vet
  • Greencross Vets
• 1 library

  • Terry Hills Community Library
• 1 post office

  • Terrey Hills Post Office
• 1 service station

  • United
• 5 gyms & sports centres

  • Community Sports Centre
  • Terrey Hills Swim School
  • Treetops Adventure St Ives
  • St Ives Pistol Club
  • Peninsular Firearm Academy
• 8 golf clubs

  • Shortees Golf
  • North Turramurra Golf Course
  • Asquith Golf Club
  • Pymble Golf Club
  • Monash Country Club
  • Elanora Country Club
  • Cromer Golf Course
  • Bayview Golf Club
• 3 dog parks

  • Dog Ring 6
  • Dog Ring 1
  • Dog Ring 7
• 1 butcher

  • Meat Boutique
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • St Ives Auto Care
• 1 electrician

  • F J Lambert & Co
• 2 plumbers

  • Watermatic Irrigation
  • Easy Solutions Plumbing North Shore
• 5 places to stay

  • Marendale Boarding Kennels
  • Terry Hills Caravan Park
  • Miramare Gardens
  • Checkers Resort and Conference Centre
  • Mount Kuring-Gai Motel

Getting around. Train station: Mount Kuring-gai, 5.4 km north-west · Bus interchange: Gordon Interchange, 9.6 km south · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 15.8 km north-east.

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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: 45% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 64.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

31,472 bird observations recorded near Duffys Forest — most often seen:

• Australian Brush-turkey (4,447)
• Silvereye (1,917)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,762)
• Eastern Spinebill (1,637)
• Noisy Miner (1,335)
• Little Wattlebird (1,245)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,169)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,120)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,100)
• Brown Thornbill (1,050)
• White-cheeked Honeyeater (1,029)
• Australian Raven (950)
• Pied Currawong (943)

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 Duffys Forest:

• Terrey Hills (3.2 km)
• St Ives Chase (4.6 km)
• North Turramurra (4.9 km)
• Mount Kuring-gai (5.7 km)
• Belrose (6.2 km)
• St Ives (6.3 km)
• North Wahroonga (6.5 km)
• Cottage Point (6.5 km)

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