Frenchs Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,192 people in Frenchs Forest of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Frenchs Forest was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Frenchs Forest aged 15 years and over, 63.8% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Frenchs Forest was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Frenchs Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Frenchs Forest was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Frenchs Forest 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Frenchs Forest were English 29.5%, Australian 26.3%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.3% and Chinese 3.2%.

In Frenchs Forest, 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, New Zealand 2.2%, South Africa 1.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.9%.

In Frenchs Forest, 46.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Frenchs Forest were Catholic 26.0%, Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 21.9%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Frenchs Forest 83.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Armenian 1.9%, Cantonese 1.5%, Italian 1.1%, Mandarin 1.0% and French 0.9%.

Employment

There were 6,766 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Frenchs Forest. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Frenchs Forest, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Frenchs Forest was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Frenchs Forest included Professionals 28.7%, Managers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Labourers 4.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Frenchs Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.9% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Frenchs Forest was $734.

In Frenchs Forest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Bus 8.6%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Walked only 2.1% and Train, bus 1.2%. On the day, 12.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Frenchs Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.3% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Frenchs Forest, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Frenchs Forest, 59.1% were couple families with children, 29.8% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Frenchs Forest 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Frenchs Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,997 and those without children was $2,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Frenchs Forest, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Frenchs Forest, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Frenchs Forest, 96.7% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Frenchs Forest, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Frenchs Forest, 41.3% were owned outright, 46.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Frenchs Forest, of all households, 87.4% were family households, 11.0% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Frenchs Forest, 10.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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.

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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Frenchs Forest, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Frenchs Forest, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 47.1%) were male and 18 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Frenchs Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,899.

In Frenchs Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $425 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.