Stratford suburb profile
Stratford is a small rural village in the Manning Valley on the NSW mid north coast, sitting amid productive farmland and pockets of native bush. The suburb has a relaxed country character with a mix of older timber cottages, modest modern homes and larger rural-residential blocks used for hobby farming and grazing. Daily life is quiet and local, with basic services on hand but most shopping, schooling and health needs met in nearby regional towns. Good local roads link Stratford to the wider valley, making it a choice for people who want rural space without being isolated from regional centres.
Stratford property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Stratford sees relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. Other market measures, including recent value changes, sales counts, days on market and average rents, are not available.
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Stratford demographics
Stratford is a small community of 161 people, with a median age of 47 and a median household income of $979 a week, roughly $50,900 a year.
Families are the dominant household type. Couple families without children are the largest group at 45.9%, followed by couple families with children at 37.8% and one-parent families at 16.2%. In raw terms that is 17 couple families without children, 14 couple families with children and 6 one-parent families. Together the two couple-family categories make up 83.7% of families.
Homes in Stratford are mostly owner-occupied: 41.3% are owned outright and 36.5% are owned with a mortgage, giving a combined owner-occupied share of 77.8%, while 22.2% of homes are rented.
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