Located in New South Wales within the Port Macquarie-Hastings local government area, Birdwood is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2446). The area has roughly 34 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 63. Households earn a median income of $32K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $535. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,150.
The crime rate in the Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA is below average at 3,587 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.