Suburb profile
Forster SA 5238
Forster is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5238. It has 21 properties across 4 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Forster, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Forster
Forster, SA 5238, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Nildottie, Walker Flat and Wongulla. Its 4 streets hold 21 properties, 20 of them houses and 1 a unit.
Census figures are for the Mannum area. It had 6,594 residents, a median age of 55 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $901 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month and the median rent $215 a week. Of 2,801 dwellings, 2,631 were separate houses, 60 semi-detached, 13 flats and 89 other; 1,370 were owned outright, 835 owned with a mortgage and 473 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Forster
- 6,594Peoplelive in the area
- 55Median ageyears
- $901Median household incomea week
- $215Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,631
- Townhouses and semis60
- Flats and apartments13
- Other89
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,083a month
- Household size2.1people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Forster
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.