Ilford, New South Wales
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Ilford is a village in New South Wales, Australia, beside the Crudine River within the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Castlereagh Highway (locally referred to as the 'Sydney Road'), about 220 kilometres north-west of Sydney. At the 2016 census Ilford and the surrounding rural district had a population of 187, living in 65 private dwellings. The district also included 43 unoccupied private dwellings.[1] Ilford was named after the English township of Ilford (in Essex, now a part of Greater London), from where early residents of the locality originated.
Ilford New South Wales | |
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Coordinates | 32°58′8″S 149°51′2″E |
Population | 187 (2016 census)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 2850 |
LGA(s) | Mid-Western Regional Council |
State electorate(s) | Bathurst |
Federal division(s) | Calare |
Unremarkable in appearance, Ilford appears to the traveller as no more than a cluster of buildings around a T-junction on the 'Sydney Road', where the Bathurst-Ilford Road joins the Castlereagh Highway. The focus of the community is Ilford Public School on the outskirts of the road-side settlement.[2] An information bay with toilet facilities is located on the northern edge of the village.