IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,159
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Australian Capital Territory economy.
Housing
Forde
Australian Capital Territory · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Forde is a green, park-rich suburb of Unincorporated ACT.
Household income
$3,553/wk95th pctile
of 127 ACT suburbs
Amenity score
47/10074th pctile
of 125 rated ACT suburbs
Median house price
No open median house price for Forde.
Australian Capital Territory publishes no open Valuer-General sales feed, so there is no official suburb median we can show. ABS median established-house price, Australian Capital Territory: $1.1M.
How it compares
Household income / wk95th percentile
<$874ABS Census 2021$4,750
Percentiles rank this suburb against Australian Capital Territory suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Australian Capital Territory and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
4,435
Median age
35 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,548
Household income / wk
$3,553
▲ 49% vs ACT
Median rent / wk
$590
Mortgage / month
$2,481
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 56%
- +24 pts vs ACT
- Living alone
- 11%
- −14 pts vs ACT
- Unemployment
- 3%
- −1 pts vs ACT
- In the labour force
- 80%
- +10 pts vs ACT
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 48%
- +5 pts vs ACT
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 12%
- −4 pts vs ACT
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 34%
- +12 pts vs ACT
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. ACT figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
1,373 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 85%
- Flat or apartment 2%
- Semi, terrace & other 13%
ACT: 63% separate houses · 19% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 16%
- Mortgaged 60%
- Rented 23%
- Other & not stated 1%
ACT: 27% owned outright · 40% mortgaged · 31% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,118
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,147
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 10 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,145
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 8 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
628 m
range 616–656 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Outside the ACT's modelled flood catchments. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Open space & recreation32%
- General / medium / high-density residential26%
- Low-density residential24%
- Infrastructure & special purpose13%
- Centres & mixed use2.1%
- Conservation1.7%
In a heritage area
1.2%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Listed heritage places
0
on the ACT Heritage Register
Planning instrument: Territory Plan. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Source: ACT Territory Plan zones; ACT Heritage Register.
Local amenities
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
23
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
2.1 km
Nearest hospital
9.2 km
Distance to coast
111 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 35%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 2%
- No religion
- 35%
- Born overseas
- 32%
- English only at home
- 68%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 0 / 0 / 1
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 0.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Unincorporated ACT
- Population
- 484,630 (2025) · +1.3% in a year
- Area / density
- 2,358 km² · 206/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 35 · $2,373/wk household income · $450/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $990k
- Federal grants
- $75.99M in 2025-26 · $157/resident
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Fenner
- Federal MP
- Andrew Leigh (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 72% 2PP
- State electorate
- Yerrabi
- State MP
- —
Where it is in Australian Capital Territory
View on the full Australian Capital Territory map →Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); ACT Flood Extent Model (1% AEP), ACT Government (CC BY 4.0); Bushfire Prone Area 2026, ACT Government (CC BY 4.0); Territory Plan Land Use Zones, ACT Government (ACTmapi) (CC BY 4.0); ACT Heritage Register (registered places), ACT Government (ACTmapi) (CC BY 4.0). Not financial advice.