Forest Grove (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 237 people in Forest Grove (WA) of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Forest Grove (WA) was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Forest Grove (WA) aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forest Grove (WA) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Forest Grove (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forest Grove (WA) was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 23 years.

In Forest Grove (WA) 15.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forest Grove (WA) were English 31.8%, Australian 25.8%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.4%.

In Forest Grove (WA), 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.9%, England 5.5%, Germany 2.5%, France 1.7% and Spain 1.7%.

In Forest Grove (WA), 53.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Forest Grove (WA) were No Religion 34.6%, Anglican 17.7%, Catholic 14.3%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Forest Grove (WA) 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maori (New Zealand) 3.3%, Italian 2.1%, French 1.7%, Greek 1.7% and German 1.3%.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forest Grove (WA). Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Forest Grove (WA), 5.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forest Grove (WA) was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Forest Grove (WA) included Managers 40.9%, Labourers 14.6%, Professionals 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8%, Sales Workers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Forest Grove (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 13.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.8%, Beverage Manufacturing 8.0%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.1% and Accommodation 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forest Grove (WA) was $640.

In Forest Grove (WA), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 61.8%, Walked only 7.4%, Other 2.9% and Car, as passenger 2.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forest Grove (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.7% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.8% 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 Grove (WA), 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forest Grove (WA), 38.2% were couple families with children, 52.9% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Forest Grove (WA) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forest Grove (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $2,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Forest Grove (WA), of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forest Grove (WA), 60.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Grove (WA), 96.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Forest Grove (WA), of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Grove (WA), 39.8% were owned outright, 17.2% were owned with a mortgage and 35.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Forest Grove (WA), of all households, 74.2% were family households, 22.6% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Forest Grove (WA), 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Grove (WA), 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Forest Grove (WA), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Grove (WA), 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 Grove (WA), 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.