Forest Reefs Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Forest Reefs (2798) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 200 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Forest Reefs is in the federal electorate of Calare.

In the 2011 census the population of Forest Reefs was 465 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

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

94.0% of people living in the suburb of Forest Reefs were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.6% England, 1.3% Hong Kong , 1.3% New Zealand.

99.4% of people living in Forest Reefs speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Language spoken at home not stated.

The religious makeup of Forest Reefs is 26.7% Catholic, 26.7% Anglican, 12.3% No religion, 11.6% Uniting Church, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Christian, nfd, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.6% Baptist, 2.4% Seventh-day Adventist, 1.3% Other Protestant.

65.3% of people are married, 19.7% have never married and 6.8% are divorced and 4.4% are separated. There are 13 widowed people living in Forest Reefs.

62.3% of the people living in Forest Reefs over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.1% are working on a part time basis. Forest Reefs has an unemployment rate of 2.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Forest Reefs are 18.8% Managers, 18.8% Professionals, 16.7% Technicians & trades workers, 11.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.8% Labourers, 7.1% Community & personal service workers, 3.8% Sales workers, 3.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Forest Reefs work in are 14.0% Mining, 12.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.5% Health care and social assistance, 11.5% Education and training, 9.1% Manufacturing, 8.2% Construction, 7.4% Public administration and safety, 7.0% Other services, 6.6% Retail trade.

32.2% of homes are fully owned, and 46.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 15.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $605 per week and the median household income is $1600 per week.

The median rent in Forest Reefs is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1950 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Forest Reefs postcode 2798