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New South Wales · SA2 108011152

What's going on in Forster

Population 14,709 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#7 of 623 in New South Wales

for Median age (57)

Rank 2

#130 of 623 in New South Wales

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (6.3%)

Rank 3

#130 of 623 in New South Wales

for % single-parent families (17.6%)

The three dimensions where Forster picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,015 / week
#610 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
57 years
#7 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
25.8%
#351 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
4.9%
#249 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#548 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Forster's sharpest rank is for Median age. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #17 · one rank above Yorke Peninsula - South South Australia ↓ #19 · one rank below Mornington - West Victoria

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.