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Housing
black forest
South Australia · Census 2021
$1.50M
+7.3% yr · median house · June 2026
Black Forest is a leafy residential suburb of Unley.
Median house price
People
Population
1,982
Median age
39 yrs
Income / person / wk
$894
Household income / wk
$1,664
Housing
Median rent / wk
$290
Mortgage / month
$1,733
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 48%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 2%
- No religion
- 48%
- Born overseas
- 26%
- English only at home
- 78%
Local amenities
Amenity score
13/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
2
Libraries
1
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.1 km
Nearest train
0.4 km
Nearest hospital
1.4 km
Distance to coast
6.1 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).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Unley
- Council population
- 38,644
- Council area
- 14 km²
- Density
- 2,702/km²
- Federal grants
- $1.82M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $47/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Boothby
- Federal MP
- Louise Miller-Frost (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Badcoe
- State MP
- Jayne Stinson (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.