Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 590 people in Forest of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Forest was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Forest aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forest was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forest was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Forest 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.0% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forest were Australian 41.3%, English 34.5%, Scottish 5.2%, Irish 4.8% and Dutch 4.3%.

In Forest, 87.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.0%, Netherlands 1.4%, Germany 0.7% and Japan 0.5%.

In Forest, 83.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Forest were No Religion 22.2%, Anglican 19.9%, Catholic 13.4%, Christian, nfd 10.5% and Brethren 7.8%.

In Forest 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.9% and Japanese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 333 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forest. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Forest, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forest was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Forest included Managers 25.2%, Labourers 21.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9% and Professionals 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 10.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.4% and Accommodation 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forest was $565.

In Forest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Motorbike/scooter 3.1%, Walked only 2.8% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forest, 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, 29.9% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forest, 43.7% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Forest 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,716 and those without children was $1,452.

Employment status of couple families

In Forest, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 30.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forest, 86.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Forest, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 64.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest, 43.1% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Forest, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Forest, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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, 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Forest, there were 53 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 45.3%) were male and 29 (or 54.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,365.