Forestdale, Queensland

Forestdale Logan City, Queensland
Forestdale Drive, 2014
Forestdale
Coordinates	27°39′49″S 153°0′9″E / 27.66361°S 153.00250°E / -27.66361; 153.00250Coordinates: 27°39′49″S 153°0′9″E / 27.66361°S 153.00250°E / -27.66361; 153.00250
Population	2,520 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	4118
Location	22 km (14 mi) from Brisbane
LGA(s)	Logan City Council
State electorate(s)	Algester
Federal Division(s)	Wright
Suburbs around Forestdale: Heathwood Larapinta Parkinson Greenbank Forestdale Hillcrest Greenbank Boronia Heights Browns Plains

Forestdale is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. Forestdale is a subdivision of and previously part of Browns Plains. Forestdale is named as such due to the lack of tree clearance compared to surrounding suburbs, although the risk of bushfire is greater than its neighbouring suburbs.

"Forest" is from the modern day English word meaning a dense growth of trees and "dale" is originated from Middle English meaning a man who lived in the valley. The suffix is a reference to Robin Hood, an archer according to medieval folk tales. Many of the streets in the suburb are named after characters from Robin Hood stories.

Apart from substantial areas of reserve land, some market gardening, retail and minor pockets of farmland destined for development, Forestdale is residential in nature. Most houses are large and sit on extensive blocks of land.

The Greenwood Lakes wetland with high conservation values is found in Forestdale. Visitors to the park may undertake bushwalking, walk the dog, bird watching and use the picnic tables, boardwalk and viewing platform provided. A large lakes and terraced banks along Oxley Creek were created by commercial sand extraction operations in the area.

In the 2011 census the population of Forestdale was 2,520, 48.6% female and 51.4% male. The median age of the Forestdale population was 39 years, 2 years above the national median of 37. 71.4% of people living in Forestdale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 3.5%, Taiwan 1.9%, Vietnam 1.4%, South Africa 1.2%. 81.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.7% Mandarin, 2.3% Vietnamese, 1.4% Spanish, 1% Cantonese, 1% Greek.