Gresford NSW 2311

Living Here

Gresford is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 240 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,525 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Gresford Public School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Crossroads Cafe
  • Twin Rivers Cafe
• 1 supermarket

  • Foodworks
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Helen's Catholic Church
• 1 vet

  • Dungog Veterinary Hospital - East Gresford Office
• 1 post office

  • East Gresford LPO
• 1 service station

  • Gresford Garage and Rural
• 1 butcher

  • Gresford Meats
• 1 hardware store

  • Husqvarna
• 1 mechanic

  • Stewart Everett Mitsubishi (NRMA)

Getting around. Airport: Maitland Airport, 30.9 km south.

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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: 26.9% 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 2.6% · Labour-force participation 63.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

347 bird observations recorded near Gresford — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (23)
• Laughing Kookaburra (21)
• Australian Wood Duck (19)
• Galah (16)
• Willie Wagtail (15)
• Welcome Swallow (14)
• Crimson Rosella (13)
• Eastern Rosella (13)
• Superb Fairy-wren (13)
• Tawny Frogmouth (13)
• Australian Raven (12)
• Common Myna (12)
• Noisy Miner (12)

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 Gresford:

• East Gresford (2.5 km)
• Summer Hill (5.8 km)
• Lewinsbrook (5.8 km)
• Torryburn (6.8 km)
• Allynbrook (7.3 km)
• Fishers Hill (7.5 km)
• Mount Rivers (7.7 km)
• Bingleburra (9.3 km)

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