2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forbes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forbes Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Forbes Creek compared to the rest of the country, with only 12.5% of households being single-person homes. This makes the area stand out against both the state and national figures, where a quarter of households are typically single-person dwellings.
2.5
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- 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 Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
| Forbes Creek | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2621, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Forbes Creek house two people (54.2%), with a typical size of 2.5 people per home. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
12.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forbes Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.2%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
13.2% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forbes Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11540/forbes-creek/topic/family-households