Forster
Great Lakes · New South Wales · 33.9 km²
- Population
- 14,709
- Median age
- 57
- Household income
- $1,015 / week
- Median rent
- $340 / week
Community boundary
Where this profile applies
The highlighted geometry is the official 2021 ASGS SA2 boundary used by this Census profile.
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People
Demographics
Under 1513%
15–3415%
35–6434%
65 and over38%
- Born overseas
- 11.6%
- Language other than English at home
- 3.7%
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 6.3%
- Average household size
- 2.1
Top ancestries
Share of all ancestry responses — people can report two ancestries.
English45.5%
Australian40.8%
Irish11.9%
Scottish10.8%
Australian Aboriginal6%
Languages used at home
Share of residents using a language other than English at home, by language.
Arabic0.2%
Afrikaans0.1%
Australian Indigenous languages0.1%
Cantonese0.1%
Mandarin0.1%
Homes
Housing
- Apartments
- 17.3%
- Owned outright
- 48.6%
- With a mortgage
- 19.9%
- Rented
- 25.8%
Median mortgage repayment $1,712 / month
Economy
Work and education
- Labour-force participation
- 41.7%
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 13.5%
- Median personal income
- $582 / week
Political context
Alison PenfoldLyne, NSWFederal representation overlay
The representative point for this SA2 falls within the federal division of Lyne.
This is a representative-point overlay, not an exact boundary allocation. An SA2 can cross one or more electoral divisions.
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