Forest Range

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 173 people in Forest Range of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Forest Range was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Forest Range aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forest Range was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Forest Range, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forest Range was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Forest Range 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 29.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forest Range were Australian 35.7%, English 27.7%, Scottish 10.3%, German 8.5% and Irish 4.9%.

In Forest Range, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.6%, Netherlands 2.9%, Papua New Guinea 2.3% and Scotland 2.3%.

In Forest Range, 65.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Forest Range were No Religion 44.0%, Christian, nfd 12.6%, Anglican 8.6%, Catholic 8.0% and Uniting Church 6.3%.

In Forest Range 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 87 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forest Range. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Forest Range, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forest Range was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Forest Range included Managers 35.3%, Professionals 23.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.7%, Sales Workers 3.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5% and Labourers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Forest Range, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 25.0%, Tertiary Education 7.1%, Hospitals 7.1%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.8% and Newspaper, Periodical, Book and Directory Publishing 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forest Range was $650.

In Forest Range, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Motorbike/scooter 8.2%, Walked only 4.7%, Bus 3.5% and Car, as passenger 3.5%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forest Range, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.6% provided care for children and 19.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.3% 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 Forest Range, 31.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forest Range, 45.7% were couple families with children, 47.8% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Forest Range 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forest Range, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $3,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Forest Range, of couple families with children, 9.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forest Range, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Range, 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 Range, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 31.3% had 2 bedrooms and 55.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Range, 42.4% were owned outright, 47.0% were owned with a mortgage and 10.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Forest Range, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Forest Range, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.2% 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 Forest Range, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Forest Range, 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.