2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forster · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forster
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households and high numbers of people living alone shape daily life in Forster. The area has a striking 35.1% of residents living by themselves, which is far above the state average.
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 Forster — lower than 81% of areas.
| Forster | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2428, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Forster are smaller than most, with a typical size of 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and 41.5% of households consist of just two people.
35.1% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forster, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the population, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type here at 43.9%.
17.8% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forster, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (37%) 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 Forster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11553/forster/topic/family-households