2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forbes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forbes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes in Forbes (Vic.) have remained steady over the last decade, with 2.7 people typically sharing a home. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
2.7
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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 Forbes — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 26.3% of people here live alone, which is higher than most areas. Interestingly, the same percentage of households consist of four people, while 7% of homes house six or more residents.
26.3% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Forbes splits fairly evenly between 1 person (26%) and 4 people (26%), with 2 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 67.8% of the total. Only 11% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the national average.
11.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forbes, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20936/forbes/topic/family-households