forrest (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
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Forrest (Vic.) is a leafy residential suburb of Colac Otway.
Median house price
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Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb. Victoria suburb median: $941k.
People
Housing
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 54%
- Top language at home
- Arabic · 2%
- No religion
- 54%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
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
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Colac Otway
- Council population
- 22,507
- Council area
- 3,438 km²
- Density
- 7/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.20M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $409/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,023
- Operating result
- -8.0%
- Asset renewal
- 90%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Wannon
- Federal MP
- Dan Tehan (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Polwarth
- State MP
- Richard Riordan (LIB)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.