Forest Lodge NSW 2037
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Sydney Electorate › Sydney LGA › Forest Lodge · 3 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Forest Lodge is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,965 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $2,437 a week, with median rent near $590 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 37% of households own their home and 62% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Chinese. 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 Glebe - Forest Lodge statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Forest Lodge itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
36 childcare & kindergartens
2 carpenters
Getting around. Train station: Macdonaldtown, 1.9 km south · Metro station: Central, 2.5 km east · Light rail stop: Jubilee Park, 600 m north · Bus interchange: Mount St (501), 1.7 km north-east · Ferry wharf: Blackwattle Bay Wharf, 1.2 km north-east · Airport: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, 7.3 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: 13.8% 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 | 13.8% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 20.2% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 74.7%
Population by age in Forest Lodge
| 0-4 | 277 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 341 |
| 15-19 | 133 |
| 20-24 | 452 |
| 25-34 | 1,281 |
| 35-44 | 1,040 |
| 45-54 | 571 |
| 55-64 | 466 |
| 65-74 | 264 |
| 75-84 | 103 |
| 85+ | 26 |
Dwelling types in Forest Lodge
| House | 80 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 794 |
| Apartment | 1,413 |
| Other | 7 |
Households by weekly income in Forest Lodge
| <$650 | 270 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 361 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 610 |
| $3,000+ | 951 |
Top ancestries in Forest Lodge
| English | 1,557 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,105 |
| Other | 865 |
| Chinese | 726 |
| Irish | 615 |
| Scottish | 498 |
Housing tenure in Forest Lodge
| Owned | 381 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 454 |
| Rented | 1,402 |
| Other | 41 |
Cars per household in Forest Lodge
| 0 | 639 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,216 |
| 2 | 362 |
| 3 | 52 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Forest Lodge
| Car | 438 |
|---|---|
| Train | 8 |
| Bus | 100 |
| Tram/ferry | 25 |
| Walked | 214 |
| Bicycle | 41 |
| Home | 1,839 |
Top countries of birth in Forest Lodge
| China | 350 |
|---|---|
| England | 293 |
| New Zealand | 161 |
| United States | 66 |
| India | 65 |
| Malaysia | 65 |
Languages used at home in Forest Lodge
| Mandarin | 364 |
|---|---|
| Cantonese | 116 |
| Spanish | 85 |
| Italian | 45 |
| German | 44 |
| Korean | 44 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
220,848 bird observations recorded near Forest Lodge — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (21,972)
- Australian White Ibis (19,899)
- Noisy Miner (19,266)
- Rock Dove (13,855)
- Silver Gull (12,806)
- Australian Magpie (12,313)
- Welcome Swallow (9,816)
- Pied Currawong (9,643)
- Common Myna (8,707)
- Dusky Moorhen (7,590)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7,170)
- Australian Raven (7,122)
- Pacific Black Duck (6,008)
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- Little Black Cormorant (5,973)
- Magpie-lark (5,748)
- Masked Lapwing (5,715)
- Laughing Kookaburra (5,489)
- Crested Pigeon (4,763)
- Grey Butcherbird (4,578)
- Australian Wood Duck (4,160)
- Little Pied Cormorant (3,904)
- Australasian Figbird (3,722)
- Eurasian Coot (2,836)
- White-faced Heron (2,709)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (2,699)
- Little Corella (2,657)
- Willie Wagtail (2,647)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,633)
- Southern Noisy Miner (2,262)
- Australian Brush-turkey (2,186)
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 Forest Lodge:
- Camperdown (0.8 km)
- Annandale (0.8 km)
- Glebe (0.8 km)
- Darlington (1.7 km)
- Ultimo (1.7 km)
- Stanmore (1.8 km)
- Lilyfield (1.8 km)
- Pyrmont (1.8 km)
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Streets
- Albert Street (31)
- Alfred Road (23)
- Arthur Street (4)
- Arundel Street (86)
- Bakers Lane (7)
- Bridge Road (176)
- Catherine Street (6)
- Chapman Steps (10)
- Charles Lane (1)
- Charles Street (89)
- Cliff Terrace (9)
- Coneill Place (17)
- Creek Street (36)
- Cross Street (25)
- Cullen Close (216)
- Dalgal Way (21)
- David Street (15)
- Forest Street (32)
- Foss Street (50)
- Grattan Close (106)
- Hereford Street (178)
- Junction Street (25)
- Kerridge Place (11)
- Kimber Lane (1)
- Lodge Street (48)
- Maxwell Road (51)
- Minogue Crescent (137)
- Parramatta Road (49)
- Ross Street (983)
- Scotsman Street (325)
- Short Street (30)
- St Johns Road (65)
- The Crescent (53)
- Upper Road (25)
- Wigram Road (303)
- Wood Street (26)