Forest Lodge · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Forest Lodge

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 49% of families in Forest Lodge are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. However, the overall picture is one of small households, with a very high proportion of people living on their own.

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Where Forest Lodge sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -4.5%
  • 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 Lodge — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Forest Lodge2.1
2037, NSW 2.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Small households are the norm here, with a typical home holding 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the fact that 35.9% of people live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%.

2.1 ▼ -4.5%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.9% ▲ +13.5%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 31.7%
  • 2016: 30.0%
  • 2021: 35.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Forest Lodge splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up a large slice of the community at 40.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.9%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.

9.9% ▼ -7.2%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.7%
  • 2016: 7.2%
  • 2021: 9.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Forest Lodge, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).

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 Lodge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11549/forest-lodge/topic/family-households