Forest Reefs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 465 people in Forest Reefs of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Forest Reefs was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Forest Reefs aged 15 years and over, 66.2% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forest Reefs was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Forest Reefs, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forest Reefs was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Forest Reefs 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.9% were in primary school, 15.1% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forest Reefs were Australian 39.4%, English 32.6%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.6% and German 2.6%.

In Forest Reefs, 93.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.9% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Forest Reefs, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Forest Reefs were Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 26.0%, No Religion 12.3%, Uniting Church 11.6% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Forest Reefs 99.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 246 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forest Reefs. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Forest Reefs, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forest Reefs was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Forest Reefs included Managers 19.8%, Professionals 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Labourers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Forest Reefs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 10.8%, School Education 7.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.7%, State Government Administration 5.0% and Hospitals 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forest Reefs was $605.

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In Forest Reefs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Truck 4.1%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Bus 1.2% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forest Reefs, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Forest Reefs, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forest Reefs, 50.8% were couple families with children, 40.9% were couple families without children and 6.1% were one parent families.

In Forest Reefs 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forest Reefs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $1,750.

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Employment status of couple families

In Forest Reefs, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 33.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forest Reefs, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Reefs, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Forest Reefs, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Reefs, 32.2% were owned outright, 46.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Forest Reefs, of all households, 83.9% were family households, 14.2% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Forest Reefs, 20.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

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Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Forest Reefs, 18.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Forest Reefs, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 8 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Forest Reefs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Forest Reefs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,558.