Forrest Beach

14.1% of Forrest Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

375 family households lived in Forrest Beach; 24.3% were couple families and 11.5% were one-parent families.

22.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Forrest Beach had 1,364 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

54.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Forrest Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

50.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

25.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Forrest Beach had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 46.0%, while 13.3% had four or more usual residents.

4.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.7% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 40.2% of the total.

56.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.0% reported a different address.

12.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

1.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.2% of Forrest Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.8% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.8% of ancestry responses in Forrest Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 33.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

17.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

25.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

48.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 16.2% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.7%.

Median household income was $935 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,192.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 4.0% in Forrest Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 50.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.4% in Forrest Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.