2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forbes · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Forbes
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Forbes than in most similar areas, with over 31% of households consisting of just one person. This is a high figure compared to the state and national averages. While families remain common, there is a notable trend toward smaller living arrangements.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Forbes — lower than 57% of areas.
| Forbes | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home has 2.4 people, a number that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the NSW average.
31.3% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forbes, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the total, which is much higher than most other areas. Roughly half of all families in Forbes are couples with children, while 31.8% are couples without children.
16.9% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forbes, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12900/forbes/topic/family-households