Millers Forest NSW 2324

Living Here

Millers Forest is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 357 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,971 a week, with median rent near $395 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Thornton - Millers Forest statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Millers Forest itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 8 schools

  • Millers Forest Public School
  • Mount Kanwary Public School
  • Raymond Terrace Public School
  • Alesco Secondary College
  • Hunter River High School
  • St Brigid's Primary School
  • Woodberry Learning Centre
  • Woodberry Public School
• 1 Catholic church

  • Our Lady of Lourdes Beresfield Church
• 3 hospitals

  • New Maitland Hospital
  • Maitland Private Hospital
  • Hunter Valley Private Hospital
• 1 library

  • Raymond Terrace Library
• 1 post office

  • Raymond Terrace Post Office
• 1 service station

  • U-go Self Serve
• 1 gym

  • Raymond Terrace Bowling Club
• 3 golf clubs

  • Muree Golf Course
  • Beresfield Golf Course
  • Maitland Golf Club (NSW)
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • Skinner's Mechanical
• 5 places to stay

  • Bellhaven Caravan Park
  • Motto Farm Motel
  • Sir Francis Drake Inn
  • Heatherbrae Holiday Village
  • Sleepy Hill Motor Inn

Getting around. Train station: Beresfield, 6.3 km south-west · Airport: RAAF Base Williamtown, 13.3 km east.

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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: 2.2% 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 4.7% · Labour-force participation 63.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

15,230 bird observations recorded near Millers Forest — most often seen:

• Australian White Ibis (797)
• Australian Magpie (720)
• Common Myna (715)
• Pacific Black Duck (694)
• Magpie-lark (669)
• Black Swan (589)
• Australian Wood Duck (561)
• Masked Lapwing (555)
• Australian Pelican (541)
• White-faced Heron (535)
• Straw-necked Ibis (533)
• Dusky Moorhen (522)
• Welcome Swallow (514)

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 Millers Forest:

• Duckenfield (2.5 km)
• Osterley (3.7 km)
• Berry Park (4.3 km)
• Heatherbrae (4.4 km)
• Nelsons Plains (4.4 km)
• Woodberry (5.2 km)
• Raymond Terrace (5.3 km)
• Hinton (5.7 km)

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