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Good Forest NSW 2790

48 addresses · 3 streets

Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Good Forest · 105 km from Sydney

Living Here

Good Forest is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 38 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $2,062 a week, with median rent near $360 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 English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

38Population
53Median age
$2,062Median household income / wk
$360Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Lithgow Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Good Forest itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Bathurst Airport, 47.4 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs8/10

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: 17.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Good Forest

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

Tree cover measures, Good Forest NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202017.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202131.1%

Demographics

Population by age in Good Forest
Population by age, Good Forest NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-144
15-195
20-243
25-340
35-444
45-544
55-6412
65-746
75-843
85+0
Dwelling types in Good Forest
Dwelling types, Good Forest NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House13
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Good Forest
Households by weekly income, Good Forest NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6503
$650-1,4990
$1,500-2,9994
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Good Forest
Top ancestries, Good Forest NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English20
Australian18
Scottish11
Ancestry NS8
Hungarian3
Welsh3
Housing tenure in Good Forest
Housing tenure, Good Forest NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned8
Mortgage6
Rented0
Other0
Cars per household in Good Forest
Cars per household, Good Forest NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
25
30
4+5
Commute to work in Good Forest
Commute to work, Good Forest NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car6
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home7

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,154 bird observations recorded near Good Forest — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Good Forest

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.