Forest Grove

14.2% of Forest Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

67 family households lived in Forest Grove; 31.3% were couple families and 20.9% were one-parent families.

28.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Forest Grove had 253 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 103.0% of occupied private dwellings in Forest Grove.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

45.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

18.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Forest Grove had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 8.3% had four or more usual residents.

24.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

51.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 31.0% of the total.

61.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.

21.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

87.0% of residents used only English at home.

6.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

21.7% of Forest Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 53.8% of ancestry responses in Forest Grove.

Australian ancestry made up 32.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 26.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 2.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

27.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 28.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

64.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.7%.

Median household income was $1,199 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,814.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 24.4% in Forest Grove, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 45.1% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 36.3% in Forest Grove, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.