Long Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 343 people in Long Forest 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 Long Forest was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Long Forest aged 15 years and over, 61.3% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Long Forest was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Long Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Long Forest was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Long Forest 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.9% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Long Forest were Australian 31.7%, English 24.8%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 9.7% and German 5.7%.

In Long Forest, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, Malta 1.5%, Croatia 1.2%, Hungary 1.2% and Germany 0.9%.

In Long Forest, 66.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Long Forest were Catholic 32.0%, No Religion 30.8%, Anglican 16.3%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Long Forest 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.9%, Greek 0.9%, Maltese 0.9%, Croatian 0.9% and Serbian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Long Forest. Of these 64.9% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Long Forest, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Long Forest was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Long Forest included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Professionals 16.4%, Managers 13.8%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9% and Labourers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Long Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.1%, Building Installation Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Residential Building Construction 3.7% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Long Forest was $631.

In Long Forest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 75.5%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 2.5%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Train, tram, car as driver 1.9%. On the day, 5.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Long Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Long Forest, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Long Forest, 54.5% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Long Forest 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Long Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Long Forest, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Long Forest, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Forest, 97.3% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Long Forest, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.7% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Forest, 45.5% were owned outright, 51.8% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Long Forest, of all households, 91.0% were family households, 9.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Long Forest, 6.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.6% 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 Long Forest, 7.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Long Forest, 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 Long Forest, 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 Long Forest, 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.