2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forest Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forest Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 3 people live in the typical home in Forest Grove, which is much higher than in most other areas. This is a family-focused place where few people live alone. These patterns are seen in the high number of couples with children residing here.
2.9
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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 Forest Grove — higher than 81% of areas.
| Forest Grove | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and only 13.9% of residents live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.9% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forest Grove, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 5 people (19%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.2% of all families in the area. One-parent families are less common here at 6.8%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
6.8% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forest Grove, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Forest Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11546/forest-grove/topic/family-households