Forbes (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 9,691 people were counted in Forbes (A): of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Of the total population 5.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A) there were 2,217 children aged 0-14 years and 2,579 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), 9,224 people were Australian citizens, 341 were born overseas and 16 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), 53.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.4% were separated or divorced, 8.6% were widowed and 28.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), 92.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Forbes (A) were England 1.1%, New Zealand 0.4%, Scotland 0.4%, Italy 0.2% and Netherlands 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Forbes (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 37.8%, Anglican 32.4%, Uniting Church 8.1%, No Religion 5.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.3%, Cantonese 0.1%, Vietnamese 0.1%, German 0.1% and Macedonian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 96.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,253 people aged 15 years and over in Forbes (A) were in the labour force. Of these 61.7% worked full-time, 27.9% worked part-time, 4.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.4% were unemployed. 2,989 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 10.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.2%, Professionals 6.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Associate Professionals 5.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Forbes (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 11.6%, Education 4.2%, Health Services 2.8%, Food Retailing 2.5% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), 2,572 families were counted: of these, 37.9% were couple families without children, 45.9% were couple families with children, 14.8% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), 3,660 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Forbes (A), 89.5% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), 48.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.5% were being purchased and 24.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 29.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 24.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes (A), 69.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.