Sutton Forest, New South Wales 4.26

Sutton Forest is a small village in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia in Wingecarribee Shire. It is located 5 km southwest of Moss Vale on the Illawarra Highway.Sutton Forest is located in an agrarian setting and is surrounded by farms, vineyards and is home to manor homes and estates. It is in one of the oldest areas settled by Europeans in Australia after Sydney and is somewhat reminiscent of an English village due to the temperate Southern Highlands climate and high rainfall.Sutton Forest comprises a two churches, an inn, and two specialty shops.In 2004, a proposal to locate Sydney's second airport in Sutton Forest met with fierce opposition from locals.EtymologyIn 1819 it was named by Governor Lachlan Macquarie after Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury, a speaker of the House of Commons. The surrounding area is part of the lands administrative unit of the Sutton Forest Parish.PopulationAt the, Sutton Forest had a population of 477. 81.2% of people were born in Australia and 88.4% of people only spoke English at home.The most common responses for religion were Anglican 33.5%, Catholic 23.5% and No Religion 22.0%.Churches All Saints Anglican Church and Churchyard St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church and Churchyard