2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forster · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Forster
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Forster are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area feel much smaller in scale than most, with a typical household size of just 2.1 people. This trend of smaller living arrangements has edged up since 2011.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Forster — lower than 89% of areas.
| Forster | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2428, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here at 34.7%, a figure that rose 3.8 points since 2011. Consequently, the usual number of people per home is 2.1, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
34.7% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forster, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the local mix, which is well above the national average of 14.1%. Other family types are also common, with couples without children representing the largest group at 43.9%.
17.6% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forster, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Forster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108011152/forster/topic/family-households