2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forbes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Forbes
How families and households are made up across the area.
About half of all families in Forbes consist of couples with children. This is a place where one-person homes are very common, which helps explain why the typical household is smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Forbes — lower than 71% of areas.
| Forbes | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2871, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are much more common here than in most other areas, with 31.1% of people living alone. This is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%, and the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national average.
31.1% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.6% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the New South Wales average of 14.0% and has remained steady since 2011.
16.6% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forbes, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (17%).
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/sa2/103021065/forbes/topic/family-households