Forster-Tuncurry

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 17,939 people were counted in Forster-Tuncurry: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 3.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry there were 2,775 children aged 0-14 years and 8,143 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, 16,916 people were Australian citizens, 1,598 were born overseas and 57 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, 57.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.2% were separated or divorced, 11.0% were widowed and 18.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, 86.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Forster-Tuncurry were England 3.8%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Forster-Tuncurry on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 38.3%, Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 10.0%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2%, German 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.1% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,939 people aged 15 years and over in Forster-Tuncurry were in the labour force. Of these 48.4% worked full-time, 37.2% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.9% were unemployed. 8,674 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Associate Professionals 4.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.6%, Professionals 4.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.4%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Forster-Tuncurry, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%, Food Retailing 2.9%, Health Services 2.5% and Education 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, 5,192 families were counted: of these, 56.2% were couple families without children, 28.6% were couple families with children, 14.2% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, 8,007 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Forster-Tuncurry, 60.9% were separate houses, 19.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.6% were flats, units or apartments and 5.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, 54.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 13.5% were being purchased and 26.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Forster-Tuncurry, 64.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.