Forest Hill Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Forest Hill (4342) is a suburb of South Eastern, Toowoomba & South Eastern, Queensland. It is about 68 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Forest Hill is in the federal electorate of Wright.

In the 2011 census the population of Forest Hill was 730 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Forest Hill is 38 years of age.

78.4% of people living in the suburb of Forest Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.3% England, 1.9% New Zealand, 1.1% Papua New Guinea, 1.0% Vietnam, 0.8% Fiji, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% Poland, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.5% Canada.

87.9% of people living in Forest Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Vietnamese, 0.8% German, 0.5% Hindi, 0.4% Other.

The religious makeup of Forest Hill is 21.6% No religion, 20.9% Catholic, 15.8% Anglican, 12.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 8.2% Lutheran, 6.1% Uniting Church, 3.3% Baptist, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Seventh-day Adventist, 1.5% Christian, nfd.

47.6% of people are married, 35.4% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 23 widowed people living in Forest Hill.

51.9% of the people living in Forest Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.0% are working on a part time basis. Forest Hill has an unemployment rate of 8.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Forest Hill are 20.8% Labourers, 14.2% Managers, 13.5% Technicians & trades workers, 13.5% Community & personal service workers, 10.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.4% Professionals, 10.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 3.8% Sales workers, 3.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Forest Hill work in are 10.0% Education and training, 9.3% Manufacturing, 9.3% Accommodation and food services, 9.0% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 9.0% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.6% Public administration and safety, 6.9% Construction, 6.6% Retail trade.

36.8% of homes are fully owned, and 30.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 25.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $444 per week and the median household income is $926 per week.

The median rent in Forest Hill is $240 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Forest Hill postcode 4342