Fordwich NSW 2330
73 addresses · 5 streets
Hunter Electorate › Singleton LGA › Fordwich · 130 km from Sydney
Living Here
Fordwich is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 90 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $345 a week. Most homes are houses. About 47% of households own their home and 53% 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 Singleton Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fordwich itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Singleton Airport, 18 km north-east.
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: 11.6% 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 | 11.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 20.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 52.1%
Population by age in Fordwich
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Fordwich
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Fordwich
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Fordwich
| Australian | 41 |
|---|---|
| English | 24 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| Aboriginal | 8 |
| Scottish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Fordwich
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 19 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Fordwich
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Fordwich
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Fordwich
| South Africa | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,146 bird observations recorded near Fordwich — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (132)
- Australian Magpie (127)
- Australian Raven (122)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (113)
- Willie Wagtail (112)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (92)
- Noisy Miner (85)
- Magpie-lark (80)
- Pied Butcherbird (76)
- Eastern Rosella (74)
- Rufous Whistler (72)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (66)
- Grey Fantail (66)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fordwich
- Double-barred Finch (65)
- Galah (65)
- Mistletoebird (65)
- Speckled Warbler (65)
- Australian Wood Duck (59)
- Welcome Swallow (59)
- Striped Honeyeater (57)
- Grey Butcherbird (54)
- Crested Pigeon (53)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (53)
- Pacific Black Duck (53)
- Masked Lapwing (50)
- Nankeen Kestrel (48)
- Striated Pardalote (48)
- Pied Currawong (45)
- Spotted Pardalote (45)
- Yellow Thornbill (45)
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 Fordwich:
- Milbrodale (5.6 km)
- Broke (6.4 km)
- Bulga (8.1 km)
- Mount Thorley (11.4 km)
- Singleton Military Area (12.9 km)
- Hambledon Hill (14.2 km)
- Gouldsville (15.3 km)
- Wylies Flat (16.1 km)
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Streets
- Butlers Road (2)
- Charlton Road (3)
- Cobcroft Road (16)
- Fordwich Road (15)
- Milbrodale Road (37)
