Glen Forrest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,883 people in Glen Forrest of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Forrest was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Glen Forrest aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Forrest was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Glen Forrest, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Forrest was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Glen Forrest 33.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Forrest were English 34.2%, Australian 26.9%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.8% and Dutch 3.0%.

In Glen Forrest, 66.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, South Africa 1.2%, Netherlands 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Glen Forrest, 44.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Forrest were No Religion 32.8%, Anglican 21.2%, Catholic 15.9%, Christian, nfd 3.4% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Glen Forrest 87.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Dutch 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Italian 0.3% and Persian (excluding Dari) 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,475 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Forrest. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Forrest, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Forrest was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Forrest included Professionals 24.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Managers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Glen Forrest, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.3% and State Government Administration 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Forrest was $628.

In Glen Forrest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Train, car as driver 2.8%, Walked only 2.5% and Train 1.6%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Forrest, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Glen Forrest, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Forrest, 46.2% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Glen Forrest 19.8% of single parents were male and 80.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Forrest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,652 and those without children was $2,146.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Forrest, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Forrest, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Forrest, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Glen Forrest, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Forrest, 40.1% were owned outright, 46.3% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Forrest, of all households, 85.8% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Glen Forrest, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.4% 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 Glen Forrest, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Forrest, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 66.7%) were male and 6 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Glen Forrest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Glen Forrest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $480 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.