Forster

13.0% of Forster's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

3,927 family households lived in Forster; 25.1% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

25.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Forster had 14,187 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 64.6% of occupied private dwellings in Forster.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 17.9% of occupied private dwellings.

51.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

20.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.8% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

The average household in Forster had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 13.3% had four or more usual residents.

9.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

64.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.7% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 47.4% of the total.

45.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.3% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.4% of Forster's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% 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 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.3% of ancestry responses in Forster.

Australian ancestry made up 40.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 10.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

19.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

47.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 17.1% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.5%.

Median household income was $1,009 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 9.8% in Forster, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 51.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 27.8% in Forster, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.