Forest Springs QLD 4362
75 addresses · 20 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Forest Springs · 110 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Forest Springs is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 104 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,541 a week, with median rent near $603 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Downs - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Forest Springs itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 11.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 11.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 59.8%
Population by age in Forest Springs
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Forest Springs
| House | 36 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Forest Springs
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Forest Springs
| Australian | 42 |
|---|---|
| English | 33 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| Chinese | 10 |
| German | 10 |
| Irish | 10 |
Housing tenure in Forest Springs
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Forest Springs
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Forest Springs
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Forest Springs
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|---|
| Japan | 3 |
Languages used at home in Forest Springs
| Mandarin | 10 |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
72 bird observations recorded near Forest Springs — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (4)
- Australian Torresian Crow (4)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (4)
- Torresian Crow (4)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (3)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3)
- Eastern Rosella (3)
- Nankeen Kestrel (3)
- Pied Currawong (3)
- Black-headed Pardalote (2)
- Common Myna (2)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (2)
- Galah (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Forest Springs
- Golden-mantled Rosella (2)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (2)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (2)
- Magpie-lark (2)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (2)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (2)
- Rufous Whistler (2)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (2)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (2)
- Southern Magpie-lark (2)
- Spotted Pardalote (2)
- Striated Pardalote (2)
- Tree Martin (2)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (2)
- Wonga Pigeon (2)
- Apostlebird (1)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Forest Springs:
- Berat (7 km)
- Spring Creek (8.3 km)
- Upper Pilton (9.8 km)
- Headington Hill (10 km)
- Mount Marshall (10.4 km)
- Allora (10.5 km)
- Goomburra (11.1 km)
- Glengallan (12.4 km)
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Streets
- Berat Forest Springs Road (4)
- Bourke Road (1)
- Bourkes Road (2)
- Darr Road (2)
- Forest Plain Road (5)
- Forest Springs Goomburra Road (7)
- Forest Springs Road (15)
- Foxtail Lane (1)
- Hall Road (6)
- Herron Road (1)
- Hoey Road (5)
- Kerr Road (2)
- Kerrs Road (2)
- Masters Road (1)
- Mount Pleasant Road (3)
- New England Highway (1)
- Pinnacle Road (8)
- Riverside Road (1)
- Tudor Valley Road (2)
- Upper Forest Springs Road (6)
