Median priceⓘLast 12 months
907kk
↑ +3.4% YoY
No single market dominates in Forster — unit rentals are only just in front, with 259 sales (up 5.7%) at around $906.5K (up 3.4%), taking about 49 days to sell (down from 56 days last year), with 3-bedroom making up around 4 in 10.
Unit rentals are close behind, with 210 leases (down 7.9%) at $470 a week (up 9.3%), renting out in about 21 days (up from 20 days last year), with rents growing faster than most unit rental markets in NSW, with 2-bedroom homes making up around 60%. Followed by 196 unit sales at around $638.5K (up 10.5%). 179 house rentals at $655 a week (up 0.8%), with rents weaker than most house rental markets.
Who lives hereA low-income, mostly owner-occupied, retirement-age suburb — high-rise-heavy.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
12% report Irish ancestry, but only 0.2% were born in Ireland — the gap is the Australian-born and diaspora Irish community, invisible in birthplace alone.
A predominantly Australian-born community.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household earns about 1.7× the typical individual here.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
3 schools inside Forster, plus the closest options around it. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Forster — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Forster in blue, peers in colour.
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Every market within reach of Forster, ranked by distance — each compared against this suburb's Houses · Total segment so divergence reads at a glance.
NSW markets whose Houses · Total segment behaves most like Forster's on the buy side — ranked by a like-for-like blend of price, yield, days on market, ownership cost and cycle phase.
Comparable sales markets to Forster include Smiths Lake (NSW 2428), South Nowra (NSW 2541), Tuncurry (NSW 2428), Harrington (NSW 2427), Dalmeny (NSW 2546), Tura Beach (NSW 2548), Sunshine Bay (NSW 2536) and Lochinvar (NSW 2321). Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
23 data-driven answers about Forster's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
The median house price in Forster, NSW 2428 is $907k as of June 2026, based on 259 sales recorded over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +3.4% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
The median unit price in Forster, NSW 2428 is $639k as of June 2026, based on 196 sales over the past 12 months. Units have moved +10.5% year-on-year and currently trade at roughly 70% of the median house price.
The median weekly house rent in Forster is $655 as of June 2026, drawn from 179 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $470 per week. House rents have moved +0.8% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
Gross rental yield in Forster is 3.70% for houses and 3.90% for units as of June 2026, compared with the NSW unit median of 4.81%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
As of June 2026, Forster medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $828k | $820k | $969k | $907k |
| Units | $419k | $529k | $742k | — | $639k |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
At the median Forster unit ($639k purchase, $470/week rent), weekly mortgage repayments sit at roughly $706 — about $236 more per week than renting. That gap is the ownership premium. Figures assume 80% LVR, a 6.0% interest rate and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan.
Forster's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +3.4% year-on-year and units +10.5%; weekly house rents moved +0.8%; homes now sell in a median 49 days — faster than a year ago by 7; sales supply sits at 3.2 months (balanced). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Forster market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
As of June 2026 in Forster, house prices rose +3.4% over the year, gross rental yield is 3.70% against a NSW median of 3.39%, houses take a median 49 days to sell, sales supply is 3.2 months (balanced). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
Houses in Forster sell in a median 49 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly faster at 40 days. Days on market have tightened by 7 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Forster's sales market sits at 3.2 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Balanced against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is tighter still at 0.9 months of supply.
House prices in Forster moved +3.4% over the 12 months to June 2026, while units moved +10.5%. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
Forster's house rental market sits at 0.9 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 179 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 0.6 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Forster's house market is currently in the 'softer_firming' phase as of June 2026 — combining below-median sales velocity nationally with year-on-year tightening in days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
Forster's median house price ($907k) is 21% below the NSW median ($1.15M) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 49 days vs 29 days state median. On gross yield, Forster sits at 3.70% vs 3.39% state median.
Forster's most-similar nearby market is Smiths Lake (16.7 km away) with a median house price of $826k — about 9% cheaper. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
The most-transacted segment in Forster over the 12 months to June 2026 is 3 bed houses with 110 sales. 2 bed units come second at 106 sales. The 'Most popular' panel above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
Forster recorded 259 house sales and 196 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 455 transactions. On the rental side, 179 houses and 210 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
Forster, NSW 2428 is home to 14,187 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 57, and the average household holds 2.1 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Forster earns $1k per week — roughly $53k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $581/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
Forster is mostly owner-occupied: about 70% of households are owner-occupiers and 27% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 50% own outright and 20% are paying off a mortgage.
Forster has 8 schools within reach, 3 of them inside the suburb itself — including Great Lakes College Forster Campus, Forster Public School, Holy Name Primary School. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Forster, NSW 2428 has a population of 14,187, a median age of 57, a median household income around $1k/week, 27% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 8 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
This Forster market data was last updated June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.
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