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forest
Tasmania · Census 2021
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Forest is a leafy residential suburb of Circular Head.
Median house price
No median price series for Forest yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
People
Population
464
Median age
38 yrs
Income / person / wk
$687
Household income / wk
$1,321
Housing
Median rent / wk
$225
Mortgage / month
$1,060
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 48%
- Top language at home
- German · 1%
- No religion
- 48%
- Born overseas
- 8%
- English only at home
- 97%
Local amenities
Amenity score
3/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
0
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
9.5 km
Nearest train
60.6 km
Nearest hospital
9.3 km
Distance to coast
4.2 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
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
10.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Circular Head
- Council population
- 8,106
- Council area
- 4,898 km²
- Density
- 2/km²
- Federal grants
- $4.49M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $554/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Braddon
- Federal MP
- Anne Urquhart (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 57% 2PP
- State electorate
- Braddon
- State MP
- —
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.