Lidster NSW 2800
153 addresses · 10 streets
Calare Electorate › Cabonne LGA › Lidster · 220 km from Sydney
Living Here
Lidster is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 301 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,204 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Orange Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lidster itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 27% 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 | 27.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 44.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 73.3%
Population by age in Lidster
| 0-4 | 23 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 49 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 41 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 32 |
| 75-84 | 25 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lidster
| House | 97 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lidster
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 39 |
Top ancestries in Lidster
| English | 153 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 117 |
| Irish | 57 |
| Scottish | 41 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| German | 10 |
Housing tenure in Lidster
| Owned | 45 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 39 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Lidster
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 45 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Lidster
| Car | 108 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 43 |
Top countries of birth in Lidster
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4 |
| Ireland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
358 bird observations recorded near Lidster — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (26)
- Crimson Rosella (22)
- Pied Currawong (18)
- Galah (17)
- Superb Fairy-wren (17)
- Australian Raven (16)
- White-throated Treecreeper (15)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (15)
- Grey Fantail (14)
- Crested Shrike-tit (13)
- Spotted Pardalote (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- Eastern Rosella (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lidster
- Eastern Yellow Robin (11)
- Laughing Kookaburra (11)
- White-browed Scrubwren (11)
- Brown Thornbill (10)
- Diamond Firetail (10)
- Flame Robin (9)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (9)
- Magpie-lark (9)
- Red-browed Finch (9)
- Southern Boobook (9)
- Australian Peregrine Falcon (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (8)
- Red Wattlebird (7)
- Silvereye (7)
- Striated Thornbill (7)
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 Lidster:
- Nashdale (7.7 km)
- Borenore (8.1 km)
- Bowan Park (8.2 km)
- Boree (9.9 km)
- Canobolas (10.8 km)
- Windera (13.8 km)
- Springside (14.3 km)
- Four Mile Creek (14.6 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Place (4)
- Boree Lane (40)
- Borenore Road (1)
- Bowan Park Road (16)
- Cargo Road (63)
- Caves Creek Road (3)
- Greening Lane (10)
- Long Road (4)
- Mcdonald Road (11)
- The Escort Way (1)
