Forest Glen Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Forest Glen (4556) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 88 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Forest Glen is in the federal electorate of Fairfax.

In the 2011 census the population of Forest Glen was 789 and is comprised of approximately 49.3% females and 50.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Forest Glen is 39 years of age.

75.7% of people living in the suburb of Forest Glen were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.0% England, 4.3% New Zealand, 0.9% Ireland, 0.9% Germany, 0.8% South Africa, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Thailand, 0.6% Canada, 0.6% Austria, 0.6% Indonesia, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% United States of America.

93.5% of people living in Forest Glen speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% German, 0.5% Other, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% French.

The religious makeup of Forest Glen is 21.4% No religion, 18.0% Anglican, 15.7% Catholic, 7.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.2% Uniting Church, 6.9% Pentecostal, 6.6% Christian, nfd, 4.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.3% Baptist, 2.0% Lutheran.

58.9% of people are married, 25.5% have never married and 9.6% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 20 widowed people living in Forest Glen.

54.3% of the people living in Forest Glen over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.8% are working on a part time basis. Forest Glen has an unemployment rate of 5.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Forest Glen are 18.5% Professionals, 13.7% Managers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.7% Technicians & trades workers, 11.2% Sales workers, 11.2% Community & personal service workers, 9.7% Labourers, 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Forest Glen work in are 13.0% Health care and social assistance, 12.7% Retail trade, 11.1% Construction, 7.5% Education and training, 6.6% Manufacturing, 6.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.4% Wholesale trade, 4.8% Accommodation and food services.

41.5% of homes are fully owned, and 38.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $498 per week and the median household income is $1184 per week.

The median rent in Forest Glen is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2150 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Forest Glen postcode 4556