3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Frenchs Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Frenchs Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are a defining feature of Frenchs Forest, where typical homes hold far more people than the national average. This is a place where few people live alone and the vast majority of residents belong to family units with children.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Frenchs Forest — higher than 89% of areas.
| Frenchs Forest | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2086, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with an average of 3.2 people per dwelling, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 12.3% of households consist of one person, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
12.3% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Frenchs Forest splits fairly evenly between 4 people (30%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, with couples with children making up 74.2% of all families. Only 8.0% of families are headed by a single parent, which is well below the 14.1% national average.
8.0% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Frenchs Forest, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Frenchs Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11571/frenchs-forest/topic/family-households