Forbes River NSW 2446
15 addresses · 4 streets
Lyne Electorate › Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA › Forbes River · 305 km from Sydney
Living Here
Forbes River is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 20 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,749 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Port Macquarie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Forbes River itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 91.4% 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 | 91.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 94.6% |
Demographics
Population by age in Forbes River
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Forbes River
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Forbes River
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Forbes River
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Forbes River
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Forbes River
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
621 bird observations recorded near Forbes River — most often seen:
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (41)
- White-naped Honeyeater (39)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (36)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (33)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (29)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (28)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (28)
- Central Eastern White-throated Treecreeper (26)
- Bell Miner (23)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (22)
- Eastern Silvereye (22)
- Southern Brown Gerygone (21)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (19)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Forbes River
- Lewin's Honeyeater (19)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (19)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (19)
- White-throated Treecreeper (19)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (17)
- Glossy Black-cockatoo (16)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (16)
- Eastern Olive-backed Oriole (14)
- Sooty Owl (14)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (13)
- Eastern Whipbird (13)
- Grey Fantail (13)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (13)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (13)
- Pied Currawong (12)
- Powerful Owl (12)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (12)
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 Forbes River:
- Birdwood (6.3 km)
- Upper Pappinbarra (11.8 km)
- Mount Seaview (13.9 km)
- Yarras (15.3 km)
- Kindee (16 km)
- Pappinbarra (16.6 km)
- Debenham (21.8 km)
- Ellenborough (22.4 km)
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Streets
- Cockerawombeeba Road (1)
- Forbes River Road (12)
- Forbes Road (1)
- Hastings Forest Way (1)