Forest Lake

20.2% of Forest Lake's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

6,325 family households lived in Forest Lake; 49.2% were couple families and 17.6% were one-parent families.

41.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Forest Lake had 22,676 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 94.9% of occupied private dwellings in Forest Lake.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

25.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

48.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Forest Lake had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 30.2%, while 32.2% had four or more usual residents.

15.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

60.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

3.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 33.8% of the total.

62.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.9% reported a different address.

38.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

64.8% of residents used only English at home.

32.1% used a language other than English at home.

2.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

38.7% of Forest Lake's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.3% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

3.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.5% of ancestry responses in Forest Lake.

Australian ancestry made up 25.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.9% of responses.

22.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.5%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

38.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

61.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.8%.

Median household income was $1,921 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,690.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 15.5% in Forest Lake, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 25.4% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 26.6% in Forest Lake, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.