Forge Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 413 people in Forge Creek of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Forge Creek was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Forge Creek aged 15 years and over, 63.7% were married and 6.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forge Creek was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Forge Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forge Creek was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Forge Creek 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forge Creek were Australian 37.5%, English 35.0%, Scottish 10.0%, Irish 7.0% and Italian 2.4%.

In Forge Creek, 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, India 1.0%, Austria 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and Italy 0.7%.

In Forge Creek, 78.6% 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 Forge Creek were No Religion 32.9%, Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Christian, nfd 5.1%.

In Forge Creek 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.5%.

Employment

There were 204 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forge Creek. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 36.3% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Forge Creek, 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forge Creek was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Forge Creek included Professionals 17.5%, Managers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Labourers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Forge Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.5%, School Education 7.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.0%, Residential Care Services 4.0% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forge Creek was $491.

In Forge Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Walked only 4.0%, Other 3.5%, Motorbike/scooter 2.0% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forge Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.9% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.3% 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 Forge Creek, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forge Creek, 42.0% were couple families with children, 52.1% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Forge Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forge Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,781 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Forge Creek, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forge Creek, 75.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forge Creek, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Forge Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forge Creek, 44.7% were owned outright, 41.8% were owned with a mortgage and 13.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Forge Creek, of all households, 85.2% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Forge Creek, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Forge Creek, 16.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

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