Australian Demographic Profile
Forrest (ACT), ACT 2603
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~1,771
Median age
47
Median income
Very high
$2,000-$2,999/wk
Top profile
High-earning
65%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals65%
- Established partnered households11%
- Retired and semi-retired9.1%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~1,771
- Sex split
- F 52% / M 48%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 62%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)11%
- Young adults (15-24)10%
- Early career (25-39)21%
- Mid career (40-59)29%
- Senior (60+)29%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Forrest (ACT): Very high ($2,000-$2,999/wk).
- No / not stated21%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)5.7%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)19%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)31%
- Very high ($3k+)24%
Top occupations
- Professionals45%
- Managers30%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers12%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to ACT and Australia
| Forrest (ACT) | ACT avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 37 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 62% | 43% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →