2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forrest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forrest
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher rate of one-parent families than the national average marks the household landscape in Forrest. While the typical home here is smaller than most, it is largely defined by a mix of couples and single parents. Roughly 25% of families are led by one parent, which is a striking gap compared to the rest of the state.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Forrest — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Forrest are smaller than typical Australian households, with only 2.1 people per home on average. About half of all households consist of just two people, while 25% are people living alone, a figure about the same as the Victorian average.
25.0% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forrest, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25% of the local total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 40.2%, followed by couples with children at 33.5%.
25.0% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forrest, the largest group is Couples without children at 40%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20939/forrest/topic/family-households