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Forrest ACT 2603

Forrest is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2603. It has 1,730 properties across 31 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in Forrest, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Forrest

Forrest, ACT 2603, sits in Canberra and neighbours Barton, Deakin, Griffith and Red Hill. Its 31 streets hold 1,730 properties, 562 of them houses and 1,168 units.

At the 2021 Census Forrest had 1,827 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $3,363 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,520 a month and the median rent $570 a week. Of 786 dwellings, 287 were separate houses, 133 semi-detached and 366 flats; 296 were owned outright, 230 owned with a mortgage and 240 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Forrest

  • 1,827Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $3,363Median household incomea week
  • $570Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses287
  • Townhouses and semis133
  • Flats and apartments366

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,520a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 296Owned with a mortgage 230Rented 240Other 20

For sale and rent in Forrest

Mark Larmer And Aaron LewisMark Larmer And Aaron Lewis

$769,950

8/15 Fitzroy Street, Forrest ACT 2603

2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces Apartment

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Properties in Forrest

Schools in Forrest

  • Forrest Primary School

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Local agents in Forrest

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Agencies that specialise in Forrest

Streets in Forrest

  1. Arthur Circle91 properties
  2. Barkly Crescent13 properties
  3. Baudin Street13 properties
  4. Bougainville Street43 properties
  5. Canberra Avenue187 properties
  6. Dampier Crescent15 properties
  7. Davey Crescent2 properties
  8. Dominion Circuit257 properties
  9. Ducane Street45 properties
  10. Empire Circuit219 properties
  11. Fitzroy Street61 properties
  12. Franklin Street108 properties
  13. Furneaux Street13 properties
  14. Hobart Avenue16 properties
  15. Manuka Circle10 properties
  16. Melbourne Avenue19 properties
  17. Moresby Street1 property
  18. Mugga Way16 properties
  19. Nares Crescent5 properties
  20. National Circuit171 properties
  21. New South Wales Crescent77 properties
  22. Ord Street8 properties
  23. Rous Crescent4 properties
  24. Somers Crescent28 properties
  25. Sorell Street4 properties
  26. State Circle174 properties
  27. Sydney Avenue26 properties
  28. Talbot Street20 properties
  29. Tasmania Circle48 properties
  30. Tennyson Crescent23 properties
  31. Wilmot Crescent13 properties

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.