2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Back Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Back Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost every resident in Back Forest lives in a shared home, as no one here lives alone. This makes the area stand out for its large households, where the typical home holds 2.9 people.
2.9
—
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Back Forest — higher than 81% of areas.
| Back Forest | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2535, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Back Forest are larger than most, with 53.1% housing two people and another 18.8% holding three. This is consistent with the fact that 0.0% of people live alone, a figure far below the national rate of 25.6%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Back Forest, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 3 people is next at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, while 36% are couples without. Only 3.5% are one-parent families, which is far below the 14.1% national figure.
3.5% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Back Forest, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Back Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10130/back-forest/topic/family-households