Forest Springs (postcode 4362) is a sparsely populated locality in Queensland within the Southern Downs local government area. The area has roughly 104 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $80K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.4% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $603 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
The crime rate in the Southern Downs LGA is moderate at 4,105 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.