Suburb profile
Foresthome QLD 4850
Foresthome is located in the Townsville region of Queensland, postcode 4850. It has 67 properties across 5 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Foresthome, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Foresthome
Foresthome, QLD 4850, sits in the Townsville region and neighbours Bemerside, Cordelia, Ingham and Victoria Plantation. Its 5 streets hold 67 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for Ingham Surrounds, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census it had 6,462 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,245 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $200 a week. Of 2,594 dwellings, 2,442 were separate houses, 55 semi-detached, 38 flats and 39 other; 1,370 were owned outright, 613 owned with a mortgage and 455 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Foresthome
- 6,462Peoplelive in the area
- 53Median ageyears
- $1,245Median household incomea week
- $200Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,442
- Townhouses and semis55
- Flats and apartments38
- Other39
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Foresthome
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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.