Australian Demographic Profile

Forreston, SA 5233

Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.

Population

~328

Median age

37

Median income

Mid-high

$800-$999/wk

Top profile

Retired

23%

Profile composition (top three)

  • Retired and semi-retired23%
  • Trades and technical workers23%
  • Established partnered households19%

Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.

Population overview

Synthetic individuals
~328
Sex split
F 48% / M 52%
Tertiary-qualified
18%

Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.

Age structure

  • Children (0-14)18%
  • Young adults (15-24)17%
  • Early career (25-39)16%
  • Mid career (40-59)24%
  • Senior (60+)25%

Income distribution

Median individual income bracket in Forreston: Mid-high ($800-$999/wk).

  • No / not stated33%
  • Low ($1-$499/wk)25%
  • Mid ($500-$1.5k)25%
  • High ($1.5k-$3k)16%
  • Very high ($3k+)1.2%

Top occupations

  1. Managers21%
  2. Technicians and Trades Workers17%
  3. Professionals16%

Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.

Compared to SA and Australia

 ForrestonSA avgAUS avg
Median age374242
Tertiary-qualified18%20%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 →

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