Forbes

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,096 people were counted in Forbes: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 6.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes there were 1,584 children aged 0-14 years and 1,970 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, 6,731 people were Australian citizens, 262 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, 49.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 10.2% were widowed and 29.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, 91.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Forbes were England 1.2%, New Zealand 0.4%, Scotland 0.3%, Italy 0.3% and Netherlands 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Forbes on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 40.2%, Anglican 32.0%, Uniting Church 6.5%, No Religion 6.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.3%, Cantonese 0.1%, Vietnamese 0.1%, Punjabi 0.1% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,891 people aged 15 years and over in Forbes were in the labour force. Of these 58.5% worked full-time, 30.1% worked part-time, 3.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.7% were unemployed. 2,435 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Professionals 6.4%, Associate Professionals 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.8%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Forbes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.2%, Agriculture 3.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.9%, Food Retailing 2.8% and Health Services 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, 1,835 families were counted: of these, 37.3% were couple families without children, 42.9% were couple families with children, 18.2% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, 2,743 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Forbes, 86.3% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, 44.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.0% were being purchased and 28.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 33.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Forbes, 66.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 28.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.