Forrest Beach (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,233 people in Forrest Beach (Qld) of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Forrest Beach (Qld) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Forrest Beach (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Forrest Beach (Qld) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Forrest Beach (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Forrest Beach (Qld) was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Forrest Beach (Qld) 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.1% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Forrest Beach (Qld) were Australian 28.4%, English 28.3%, Italian 9.3%, Scottish 8.2% and Irish 8.2%.

In Forrest Beach (Qld), 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.5%, Italy 0.8%, South Africa 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Forrest Beach (Qld), 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Forrest Beach (Qld) were Catholic 31.9%, Anglican 20.8%, No Religion 14.2%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Forrest Beach (Qld) 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Thai 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.2%, Danish 0.2% and Bisaya 0.2%.

Employment

There were 521 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Forrest Beach (Qld). Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Forrest Beach (Qld), 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Forrest Beach (Qld) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Forrest Beach (Qld) included Professionals 19.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Labourers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Managers 8.8% and Sales Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Forrest Beach (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 10.4%, School Education 9.0%, Local Government Administration 4.2%, Residential Care Services 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Forrest Beach (Qld) was $452.

In Forrest Beach (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Walked only 2.2%, Bus 1.8% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Forrest Beach (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Forrest Beach (Qld), 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Forrest Beach (Qld), 32.0% were couple families with children, 54.0% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Forrest Beach (Qld) 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Forrest Beach (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,023 and those without children was $1,899.

Employment status of couple families

In Forrest Beach (Qld), of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 16.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Forrest Beach (Qld), 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forrest Beach (Qld), 96.4% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Forrest Beach (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 21.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Forrest Beach (Qld), 45.0% were owned outright, 25.1% were owned with a mortgage and 27.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Forrest Beach (Qld), of all households, 71.3% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Forrest Beach (Qld), 34.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Forrest Beach (Qld), 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Forrest Beach (Qld), there were 73 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 49.3%) were male and 37 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Forrest Beach (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Forrest Beach (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,467.