Forster SA 5238
21 addresses · 4 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › Forster · 91 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Forster is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 14 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $749 a week, with median rent near $115 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mannum statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Forster 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: 1.6% 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 | 1.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Forster
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Forster
| House | 4 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Forster
| English | 6 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Forster
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Forster
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,733 bird observations recorded near Forster — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (177)
- Great Cormorant (168)
- Pacific Black Duck (168)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (153)
- Whistling Kite (135)
- Australasian Darter (118)
- Australian Eurasian Coot (112)
- Australian Wood Duck (104)
- Galah (96)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (93)
- Little Black Cormorant (88)
- Australian Magpie (84)
- Caspian Tern (78)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Forster
- Common Starling (78)
- Black Swan (77)
- Little Raven (76)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (73)
- Noisy Miner (71)
- Grey Teal (70)
- House Sparrow (69)
- Welcome Swallow (69)
- White-faced Heron (69)
- Crimson Rosella (68)
- Great Egret (68)
- Willie Wagtail (65)
- Magpie-lark (63)
- Little Pied Cormorant (62)
- Eurasian Coot (61)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (60)
- Red-rumped Parrot (60)
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 Forster:
- Walker Flat (2.8 km)
- Wongulla (4.2 km)
- Nildottie (8.9 km)
- Black Hill (9.9 km)
- Sunnydale (11.6 km)
- Caurnamont (12.3 km)
- Purnong (12.4 km)
- Big Bend (12.8 km)
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Streets
- Angas Valley Road (13)
- Detloff Road (3)
- Hunter Road (3)
- Manunka Road (2)