Stratford NSW 2422
166 addresses · 14 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Stratford · 206 km from Sydney
Living Here
Stratford is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 161 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $979 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gloucester statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Stratford itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 hospital
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, 52 km east.
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: 20.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 20.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.5% · Labour-force participation 46.2%
Population by age in Stratford
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Stratford
| House | 70 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Stratford
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 29 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Stratford
| Australian | 80 |
|---|---|
| English | 74 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Aboriginal | 12 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
Housing tenure in Stratford
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Stratford
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Stratford
| Car | 37 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Stratford
| England | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Stratford
| Gujarati | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,889 bird observations recorded near Stratford — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (319)
- Eastern Rosella (183)
- Laughing Kookaburra (181)
- Noisy Miner (174)
- Superb Fairy-wren (171)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (158)
- Australian Wood Duck (154)
- Magpie-lark (150)
- Pied Butcherbird (144)
- Willie Wagtail (135)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (134)
- Pacific Black Duck (134)
- Welcome Swallow (125)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Stratford
- Australian Raven (123)
- Noisy Friarbird (113)
- White-throated Gerygone (113)
- Crimson Rosella (107)
- Common Myna (106)
- Grey Fantail (105)
- Masked Lapwing (103)
- White-faced Heron (103)
- Yellow Thornbill (101)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (99)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (97)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (97)
- Red-browed Finch (96)
- Straw-necked Ibis (95)
- Rufous Whistler (93)
- Satin Bowerbird (91)
- Australian King-parrot (85)
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 Stratford:
- Craven (3.8 km)
- Forbesdale (5.8 km)
- Faulkland (7.1 km)
- Waukivory (10.8 km)
- Wards River (11.2 km)
- Gloucester (11.6 km)
- Berrico (13.5 km)
- Bindera (13.5 km)
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Streets
- Anne Street (7)
- Avon Street (31)
- Bowens Road (5)
- Bridge Street (36)
- Crowthers Road (18)
- Deards Lane (1)
- Henley Street (4)
- High Street (23)
- Shakespeare Street (4)
- The Bucketts Way (12)
- Wenham Cox Road (11)
- Wheatleys Road (1)
- William Street (6)
- Wood Street (7)
