Forest Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,187 people in Forest Hill of these 59.2% were male and 40.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Forest Hill was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Forest Hill aged 15 years and over, 36.2% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forest Hill was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Forest Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forest Hill was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Forest Hill 40.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 37.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forest Hill were Australian 35.4%, English 30.5%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 6.7% and German 3.8%.

In Forest Hill, 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, New Zealand 1.0%, Philippines 1.0%, Papua New Guinea 0.4% and Solomon Islands 0.2%.

In Forest Hill, 77.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Forest Hill were Catholic 26.8%, Anglican 24.7%, No Religion 22.4%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Forest Hill 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.4%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.3%, Korean 0.2%, Afrikaans 0.2% and Vietnamese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,323 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forest Hill. Of these 72.7% were employed full time, 19.3% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Forest Hill, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forest Hill was 27 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Forest Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 38.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Labourers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Professionals 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Managers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Forest Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 38.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%, Tertiary Education 2.5% and Road Freight Transport 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forest Hill was $697.

In Forest Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.9%, Walked only 31.1%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Other 2.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 0.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forest Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Hill, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forest Hill, 50.2% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Forest Hill 22.5% of single parents were male and 77.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forest Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,825 and those without children was $1,538.

Employment status of couple families

In Forest Hill, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.0% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forest Hill, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Hill, 85.6% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.2% were flats, units or apartments and 3.7% were other dwellings.

In Forest Hill, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forest Hill, 16.5% were owned outright, 43.5% were owned with a mortgage and 34.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Forest Hill, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 21.0% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Forest Hill, 18.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Hill, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Forest Hill, there were 115 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 65 (or 56.5%) were male and 50 (or 43.5%) 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 Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,213.

In Forest Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.