Suburb profile

Good Forest NSW 2790

Good Forest is located in the Central West region of New South Wales, postcode 2790. It has 48 properties across 3 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Good Forest, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Good Forest

Good Forest, NSW 2790, sits in the Central West region and neighbours Rydal, Hampton, Little Hartley and Lowther. Its 3 streets hold 48 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for Lithgow Surrounds, which covers the whole suburb. The area had 8,448 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,393 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month and the median rent $270 a week. Of 3,169 dwellings, 3,060 were separate houses, 46 semi-detached, 3 flats and 41 other; 1,477 were owned outright, 1,120 owned with a mortgage and 472 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Good Forest

  • 8,448Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,393Median household incomea week
  • $270Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,060
  • Townhouses and semis46
  • Flats and apartments3
  • Other41

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,517a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,477Owned with a mortgage 1,120Rented 472Other 100

Streets in Good Forest

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.