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Forbesdale NSW 2422

107 addresses · 10 streets

Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Forbesdale · 212 km from Sydney

Living Here

Forbesdale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 170 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,333 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

170Population
54Median age
$1,333Median household income / wk
$340Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Gloucester statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Forbesdale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Gloucester, 7 km north · Airport: Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, 51.7 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 6.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Forbesdale

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Forbesdale NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20206.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202113.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 58.6%

Population by age in Forbesdale
Population by age, Forbesdale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-1421
15-1916
20-240
25-345
35-449
45-5432
55-6426
65-7424
75-8426
85+0
Dwelling types in Forbesdale
Dwelling types, Forbesdale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House55
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Forbesdale
Households by weekly income, Forbesdale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6507
$650-1,49926
$1,500-2,99922
$3,000+4
Top ancestries in Forbesdale
Top ancestries, Forbesdale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian98
English79
Irish15
Aboriginal12
Scottish9
German7
Housing tenure in Forbesdale
Housing tenure, Forbesdale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned32
Mortgage14
Rented11
Other3
Cars per household in Forbesdale
Cars per household, Forbesdale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
113
223
310
4+13
Commute to work in Forbesdale
Commute to work, Forbesdale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car47
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked12
Bicycle0
Home15

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,147 bird observations recorded near Forbesdale — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.