Gilead NSW 2560

Living Here

Gilead is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 882 people, with a median age of 74. The typical household earns around $758 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are townhouses. About 47% of households own their home and 3% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Rosemeadow - Glen Alpine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gilead itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 14 schools

  • Rosemeadow Public School
  • St Helens Park Public School
  • John Therry Catholic High School
  • Mary Brooksbank School
  • Ambarvale High School
  • Broughton Anglican College
  • Thomas Acres Public School
  • Woodland Road Public School
  • Ambarvale Public School
  • Thomas Reddall High School

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• 1 café or restaurant

  • Cafeteria
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 25 parks

  • Noorumba Reserve
  • Guban Gujaaja Reserve
  • Denfield Green
  • Spence Park
  • Desdemona Park
  • Haydon Park
  • Ophelia Reserve
  • Fiveash Reserve
  • Greco Reserve
  • Mansfield Creek Reserve

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• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Johns Catholic Church
  • Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church
• 6 hospitals

  • Campbelltown Hospital
  • Campbelltown Private Hospital
  • Ramsay Clinic Macarthur
  • Camden Surgical Hospital
  • Camden Hospital
  • The George Centre
• 1 vet

  • Macarthur Vet
• 1 childcare centre

  • Amber Cottage Early Learning Centre
• 1 library

  • Campbelltown TAFE Library
• 1 post office

  • Rosemeadow Post Office
• 5 service stations

  • Coles Express
  • 7-Eleven
  • Woolworths Petrol
  • Budget Petrol
  • Bradbury Petroleum
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • R.A.Webb Sports Centre
  • plus fitness
• 2 golf clubs

  • Campbelltown Golf Course
  • Camden Golf Club
• 2 dog parks

  • Mary Brookes Dog Off-Leash Area
  • Baden-Powell Reserve Dog Park
• 1 plumber

  • TPS Plumbing And Gas Services
• 2 places to stay

  • THẢO
  • Rydges

Getting around. Train station: Menangle, 4 km west · Airport: Camden Airport, 12.7 km north-west.

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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: 33.2% 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 3.2% · Labour-force participation 10.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

28,956 bird observations recorded near Gilead — most often seen:

• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (2,481)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,305)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,058)
• Noisy Miner (1,903)
• Australian Magpie (1,551)
• Australian Raven (1,314)
• Common Myna (1,228)
• Magpie-lark (1,154)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,003)
• White-naped Honeyeater (992)
• Grey Butcherbird (958)
• Grey Fantail (789)
• Rock Dove (763)

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 Gilead:

• Rosemeadow (1.6 km)
• St Helens Park (2.5 km)
• Menangle Park (3.2 km)
• Ambarvale (3.4 km)
• Glen Alpine (3.4 km)
• Wedderburn (3.6 km)
• Englorie Park (4.3 km)
• Bradbury (4.5 km)

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