Forbes

19.4% of Forbes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

2,116 family households lived in Forbes; 34.0% were couple families and 19.2% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Forbes had 8,157 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 88.6% of occupied private dwellings in Forbes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.1% of occupied private dwellings.

39.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

31.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Forbes had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 19.8% had four or more usual residents.

8.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

69.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

5.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 37.4% of the total.

56.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.6% reported a different address.

4.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

4.3% of Forbes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.6% of ancestry responses in Forbes.

Australian ancestry made up 44.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 15.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 11.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

33.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 12.7% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.0%.

Median household income was $1,221 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,257.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 8.0% in Forbes, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 39.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.4% in Forbes, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.