Glen Forbes

10.2% of Glen Forbes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

37 family households lived in Glen Forbes; 29.7% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

8.1% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Glen Forbes had 118 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

53.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 104.7% of occupied private dwellings in Glen Forbes.

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

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

53.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

39.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Glen Forbes had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 13.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 44.4%, while 15.6% had four or more usual residents.

35.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

38.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. 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 Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 11.6% of the total.

81.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.4% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

85.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.6% of Glen Forbes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% 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 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.8% of ancestry responses in Glen Forbes.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 24.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.6% of workers, and education and training employed 4.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

35.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 20.6%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,134.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $308 per week.

Working from home was 35.4% in Glen Forbes, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 53.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 7.3% in Glen Forbes, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..