Forest Reefs

20.3% of Forest Reefs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

143 family households lived in Forest Reefs; 53.1% were couple families and 6.3% were one-parent families.

39.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Forest Reefs had 537 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Forest Reefs.

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

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

39.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

49.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Forest Reefs had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 29.7% had four or more usual residents.

20.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

56.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 12.7% of the total.

83.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.0% reported a different address.

6.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

91.6% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.1% of Forest Reefs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.9% 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 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.2% of ancestry responses in Forest Reefs.

Australian ancestry made up 44.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

21.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 22.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.2% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

39.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.4%.

Median household income was $2,343 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,174.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $325 per week.

Working from home was 20.4% in Forest Reefs, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 39.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Renting accounted for 10.8% in Forest Reefs, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.