Lower Belford NSW 2335
240 addresses · 12 streets
Hunter Electorate › Singleton LGA › Lower Belford · 139 km from Sydney
Living Here
Lower Belford is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 407 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,374 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Branxton - Greta - Pokolbin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lower Belford itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Branxton, 5.7 km south-east · Airport: Singleton Airport, 10.8 km west.
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: 19% 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 | 19.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 38.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 75.4%
Population by age in Lower Belford
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 52 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 27 |
| 25-34 | 40 |
| 35-44 | 43 |
| 45-54 | 71 |
| 55-64 | 74 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Lower Belford
| House | 136 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lower Belford
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 51 |
Top ancestries in Lower Belford
| Australian | 211 |
|---|---|
| English | 181 |
| Scottish | 55 |
| Irish | 48 |
| German | 26 |
| Aboriginal | 19 |
Housing tenure in Lower Belford
| Owned | 51 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 66 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Lower Belford
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 46 |
| 3 | 29 |
| 4+ | 31 |
Commute to work in Lower Belford
| Car | 135 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 70 |
Top countries of birth in Lower Belford
| New Zealand | 8 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
710 bird observations recorded near Lower Belford — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (59)
- Noisy Miner (43)
- Laughing Kookaburra (35)
- White-winged Chough (33)
- Australian Raven (31)
- Eastern Rosella (31)
- Galah (30)
- Magpie-lark (28)
- Noisy Friarbird (28)
- Pied Currawong (27)
- Australian Wood Duck (26)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (24)
- Superb Fairy-wren (24)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lower Belford
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (23)
- Pied Butcherbird (23)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (23)
- Crested Pigeon (21)
- Grey Fantail (21)
- Grey Butcherbird (20)
- Common Myna (19)
- Spotted Pardalote (16)
- Welcome Swallow (16)
- Eastern Australian Raven (15)
- Tawny Frogmouth (15)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (14)
- Willie Wagtail (14)
- Pacific Black Duck (13)
- Speckled Warbler (13)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (13)
- Australian King-parrot (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 Lower Belford:
- Glendon (4.5 km)
- Belford (4.6 km)
- Elderslie (4.8 km)
- Branxton (5.7 km)
- Scotts Flat (6.1 km)
- East Branxton (6.8 km)
- Mitchells Flat (7.7 km)
- North Rothbury (7.8 km)
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Streets
- Avonlea Lane (7)
- Bell Road (19)
- Bluebell Crescent (7)
- Busby Road (5)
- Corinda Drive (22)
- Hawk Crescent (26)
- Hunt Lane (1)
- Kelman Street E (5)
- Kirkton Road (32)
- New Freugh Lane (3)
- Standen Drive (112)
- Wren Drive (1)
