2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forde · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Forde
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Forde, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This creates a community where few people live alone and families are the dominant household type.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Forde — higher than 79% of areas.
| Forde | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. This helps explain why only 20.1% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
20.1% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forde, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 17.6% of the total, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
17.6% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forde, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Forde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED312/forde/topic/family-households