Little Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 325 people in Little Forest of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Little Forest was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.2% of the population.

Of people in Little Forest aged 15 years and over, 65.7% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little Forest was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Little Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little Forest was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 59 years.

In Little Forest 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 32.1% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little Forest were English 32.9%, Australian 31.1%, Scottish 9.5%, Irish 7.4% and German 4.5%.

In Little Forest, 80.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, South Africa 1.2%, Germany 0.9%, India 0.9% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Little Forest, 70.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Little Forest were Anglican 28.2%, Catholic 25.1%, No Religion 19.8%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Little Forest 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.9% and Vietnamese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little Forest. Of these 47.9% were employed full time, 37.1% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little Forest, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Little Forest was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Little Forest included Professionals 21.6%, Managers 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Labourers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Little Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Allied Health Services 4.3% and Residential Building Construction 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little Forest was $463.

In Little Forest, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.0%, Truck 3.6% and Walked only 3.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.5% 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 Little Forest, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little Forest, 44.1% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Little Forest 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Little Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Little Forest, of couple families with children, 7.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little Forest, 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Forest, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Little Forest, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 5.2% had 2 bedrooms and 37.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Forest, 55.9% were owned outright, 30.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Little Forest, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 23.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Little Forest, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.4% 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 Little Forest, 20.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little Forest, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Little Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Little Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.