Black Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,998 people in Black Forest of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Black Forest was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Black Forest aged 15 years and over, 44.4% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Black Forest was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Black Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Black Forest was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Black Forest 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.6% were in primary school, 15.4% in secondary school and 37.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Black Forest were English 25.6%, Australian 24.8%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 6.4% and German 5.4%.

In Black Forest, 73.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.5%, India 2.2%, Greece 2.0% and Germany 0.7%.

In Black Forest, 53.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Black Forest were No Religion 32.1%, Catholic 16.7%, Anglican 10.2%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Eastern Orthodox 6.8%.

In Black Forest 77.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.1%, Mandarin 3.0%, Italian 1.1%, Hindi 1.0% and German 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,119 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Black Forest. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Black Forest, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Black Forest was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Black Forest included Professionals 30.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Managers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Black Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Tertiary Education 3.9% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Black Forest was $637.

In Black Forest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Tram 6.6%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Bicycle 3.1% and Bus 2.8%. On the day, 14.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Black Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Black Forest, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Black Forest, 47.0% were couple families with children, 38.1% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Black Forest 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Black Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,643 and those without children was $2,116.

Employment status of couple families

In Black Forest, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Black Forest, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Black Forest, 57.4% were separate houses, 24.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Black Forest, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 37.2% had 2 bedrooms and 37.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Black Forest, 30.8% were owned outright, 30.4% were owned with a mortgage and 36.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Black Forest, of all households, 60.6% were family households, 33.2% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Black Forest, 22.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Black Forest, 43.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Black Forest, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Black Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $387.

In Black Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $97 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.