Mount Forbes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Mount Forbes of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Forbes was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Forbes aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Forbes was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mount Forbes, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Forbes was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mount Forbes 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 52.7% were in primary school, 16.4% in secondary school and 7.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Forbes were Australian 39.7%, English 24.9%, Scottish 9.5%, German 7.7% and Irish 4.6%.

In Mount Forbes, 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were South Africa 2.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.3%, England 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Mount Forbes, 80.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Forbes were No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 18.0%, Catholic 18.0%, Lutheran 8.6% and Uniting Church 8.1%.

In Mount Forbes 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 1.8%.

Employment

There were 109 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Forbes. Of these 69.7% were employed full time, 22.0% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Forbes, 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Forbes was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Forbes included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Labourers 19.8%, Professionals 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Managers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9% and Sales Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Mount Forbes, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.9%, Hospitals 5.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.0% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Forbes was $676.

In Mount Forbes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.8%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Truck 2.9%, Train, car as passenger 2.9% and Ferry, car as driver 2.9%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Forbes, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.3% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Mount Forbes, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Forbes, 48.4% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Mount Forbes 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Forbes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Forbes, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Forbes, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Forbes, 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 Mount Forbes, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 41.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Forbes, 29.2% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Forbes, of all households, 78.9% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Mount Forbes, 4.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Mount Forbes, 21.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Forbes, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Mount Forbes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Mount Forbes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $780.