Forest Ridge

23.3% of Forest Ridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

9 family households lived in Forest Ridge; 0.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Forest Ridge had 30 residents at the 2021 Census.

10.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 175.0% of occupied private dwellings in Forest Ridge.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

100.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Forest Ridge had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 37.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 50.0%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

55.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 50.0% of the total.

100.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.6% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

63.3% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.3% of Forest Ridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 63.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.0% of ancestry responses in Forest Ridge.

Australian ancestry made up 46.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 0.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 34.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 0.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

23.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 26.7% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $899 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $273 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Forest Ridge, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 100.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Forest Ridge, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.