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Suburb profile ·Devonport LGA · TAS ·7310

Forthside TAS 7310

Forthside is in Devonport LGA, TAS, postcode 7310, with population 76.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$149/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
26,994
27K via Devonport LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,873
161 added 12mo · 19MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,824
Median rent · wk$149

Affordability

7%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,824/mo, while renters pay about $646/mo — owning runs $1,178/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$107K
Median rent · wk
$149
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,824

Household income

$107K household · yr+56.3% vs TAS suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$111K
Household
$107K

Full data detail

Forthside TAS — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Tasmania within the Devonport local government area, Forthside is a quiet locality (postcode 7310). It is home to about 76 residents, with an established demographic and a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $107K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. TAS employment has moved -0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. TAS also had 19 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 0 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward education and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $149 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,824.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentTAS
Mortgage · mth$1,824
Rent · wk(Census)$149
Population growth · Devonport LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)26,994
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Devonport LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)70
Houses70
YoY change+0%
Employment · Devonport LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.1%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 7310ATO
Negatively geared658 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,557/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,581
Reported capital gains1,135
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population76
Median age38
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$2,050
Personal income · wk$866
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Forthside leans on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Forthside is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Forthside feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Melrose most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$21/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Eugenana most similar
similar rent profile

pop +100 · rent +$89/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

East Devonport better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +4300 · adds house price coverage · rent +$86/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Forthside FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Forthside in?

    Forthside is in the Devonport Local Government Area, TAS, postcode 7310. Council-level context for Devonport LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Forthside?

    The median weekly rent in Forthside is $149/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Forthside a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Forthside show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Forthside?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Forthside data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.