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Forest TAS 7330

Forest is located in the West and North West Tasmania region of Tasmania, postcode 7330. It has 270 properties across 17 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Forest, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Forest

Forest, TAS 7330, sits in the West and North West Tasmania region and neighbours Stanley, Black River, Smithton and South Forest. Its 17 streets hold 270 properties, 268 of them houses and 2 units.

Census figures are for the North West statistical area, which covers the whole suburb. The area had 4,188 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,356 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,147 a month and the median rent $200 a week. Of 1,505 dwellings, 1,465 were separate houses, 10 semi-detached, 6 flats and 16 other; 592 were owned outright, 491 owned with a mortgage and 250 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Forest

  • 4,188Peoplelive in the area
  • 41Median ageyears
  • $1,356Median household incomea week
  • $200Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,465
  • Townhouses and semis10
  • Flats and apartments6
  • Other16

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,147a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 592Owned with a mortgage 491Rented 250Other 172

Schools in Forest

  • Forest Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Forest

  1. Back Line Road62 properties
  2. Boys Road5 properties
  3. Brooks Road29 properties
  4. Cyathea Road1 property
  5. Ferny Bridge Road12 properties
  6. Fords Road14 properties
  7. Horton Street12 properties
  8. Jocks Road16 properties
  9. Knobs Road1 property
  10. Mengha Road79 properties
  11. Murrays Lane2 properties
  12. North Forest Road3 properties
  13. Norwood Street13 properties
  14. Ollington Street16 properties
  15. Sleepy Hollow Road3 properties
  16. Smedleys Road1 property
  17. Wilsons Road1 property

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.