Forestdale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,520 people in Forestdale of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Forestdale was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in Forestdale aged 15 years and over, 61.9% were married and 6.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forestdale was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Forestdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forestdale was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Forestdale 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 21.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forestdale were English 29.0%, Australian 24.0%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 7.3% and German 4.4%.

In Forestdale, 71.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 3.5%, Taiwan 1.9%, Vietnam 1.4% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Forestdale, 51.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Forestdale were Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 21.3%, No Religion 17.2%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Forestdale 81.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.7%, Vietnamese 2.3%, Spanish 1.4%, Cantonese 1.0% and Greek 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,425 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forestdale. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Forestdale, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forestdale was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Forestdale included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Professionals 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Managers 15.1%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Forestdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Hospitals 3.4% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forestdale was $682.

In Forestdale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 2.6%, Bus 1.7% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forestdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Forestdale, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forestdale, 56.6% were couple families with children, 33.5% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Forestdale 36.6% of single parents were male and 63.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forestdale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,566 and those without children was $2,328.

Employment status of couple families

In Forestdale, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forestdale, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forestdale, 99.6% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Forestdale, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 0.4% had 2 bedrooms and 21.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forestdale, 40.8% were owned outright, 51.5% were owned with a mortgage and 5.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Forestdale, of all households, 92.8% were family households, 5.4% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Forestdale, 10.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.0% 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 Forestdale, 12.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Forestdale, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 41.2%) were male and 10 (or 58.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Forestdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Forestdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.