2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forbes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forbes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national average, 32.1% of people in Forbes live alone. This high number of single-person homes means the area has fewer people per household than typical Australian suburbs. Small household sizes are a key feature of the local community.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 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.
The typical home in Forbes has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. About 32.1% of residents live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
32.1% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Forbes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 32.2% are couples without children.
18.3% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forbes, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) 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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11539/forbes/topic/family-households