Forest Glen (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 789 people in Forest Glen (Qld) of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Forest Glen (Qld) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Forest Glen (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forest Glen (Qld) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Forest Glen (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forest Glen (Qld) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Forest Glen (Qld) 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forest Glen (Qld) were English 37.5%, Australian 27.1%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 8.4% and German 4.1%.

In Forest Glen (Qld), 75.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, New Zealand 4.2%, Germany 0.8%, Ireland 0.6% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Forest Glen (Qld), 61.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Forest Glen (Qld) were No Religion 21.3%, Anglican 18.2%, Catholic 15.7%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Pentecostal 7.0%.

In Forest Glen (Qld) 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.6%, Greek 0.5%, Portuguese 0.5% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 348 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forest Glen (Qld). Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Forest Glen (Qld), 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forest Glen (Qld) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Forest Glen (Qld) included Professionals 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Managers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Labourers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Forest Glen (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Hospitals 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, Child Care Services 3.4% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forest Glen (Qld) was $498.

In Forest Glen (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 3.1%, Truck 0.9% and Bicycle 0.9%. 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 73.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forest Glen (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.2% 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 Glen (Qld), 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forest Glen (Qld), 51.2% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Forest Glen (Qld) 27.6% of single parents were male and 72.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forest Glen (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,611 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Forest Glen (Qld), of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forest Glen (Qld), 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Glen (Qld), 95.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Forest Glen (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 25.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Glen (Qld), 40.9% were owned outright, 38.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Forest Glen (Qld), of all households, 79.4% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Forest Glen (Qld), 25.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.4% 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 Forest Glen (Qld), 31.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Forest Glen (Qld), there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 41.7%) were male and 7 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Glen (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Forest Glen (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.