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Forestville SA 5035

920 addresses · 24 streets

Adelaide Electorate › Unley LGA › Forestville · 3 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Forestville is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,400 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,981 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,400Population
39Median age
$1,981Median household income / wk
$340Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Goodwood - Millswood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Forestville itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Goodwood, 300 m east · Tram stop: Forestville (Stop 4), 250 m south · Bus interchange: Marion Centre Interchange, 8 km south-west · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 4.6 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 13.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Forestville

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Forestville SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202013.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202113.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 72.2%

Population by age in Forestville
Population by age, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-473
5-14144
15-1963
20-2485
25-34239
35-44228
45-54193
55-64179
65-74130
75-8451
85+21
Dwelling types in Forestville
Dwelling types, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
House318
Townhouse155
Apartment120
Other0
Households by weekly income in Forestville
Households by weekly income, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65072
$650-1,499156
$1,500-2,999180
$3,000+150
Top ancestries in Forestville
Top ancestries, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
English551
Australian432
Other172
Scottish156
German137
Irish137
Housing tenure in Forestville
Housing tenure, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned178
Mortgage212
Rented190
Other10
Cars per household in Forestville
Cars per household, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
051
1263
2204
347
4+23
Commute to work in Forestville
Commute to work, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car408
Train13
Bus23
Tram/ferry53
Walked21
Bicycle50
Home100
Top countries of birth in Forestville
Top countries of birth, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
England65
Greece25
India24
Hong Kong14
Germany12
China11
Languages used at home in Forestville
Languages used at home, Forestville SA (ABS Census 2021)
Greek65
Italian30
Mandarin28
Cantonese16
Vietnamese11
German9

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

109,954 bird observations recorded near Forestville — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Forestville

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Image — Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).