3.2 ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darkes Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darkes Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Darkes Forest holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a local trend toward larger households, with very few residents living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
3.2
▲ +33.3%
- 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 Darkes Forest — higher than 89% of areas.
| Darkes Forest | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2508, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 11.5% of people live alone here, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. Instead, 15.4% of households contain six or more people, contributing to the high number of people per home.
11.5% ▼ -61.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darkes Forest, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 6 or more (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 76.3% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.2%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.2% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darkes Forest, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Darkes Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11210/darkes-forest/topic/family-households