2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forest Reefs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forest Reefs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements have become more common in Forest Reefs, where the typical home now holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most areas, and the community is dominated by couples with children who make up 67.3% of all families.
2.9
→ 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 Forest Reefs — higher than 81% of areas.
| Forest Reefs | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2798, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than the national figure of 2.5 people. This is reflected in the fact that only 16.3% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.3% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forest Reefs, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are predominantly couples, with 67.3% having children and 26.9% without. Only 4.9% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
4.9% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forest Reefs, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Reefs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11550/forest-reefs/topic/family-households