2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forest Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forest Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 2.0 people per home is a low figure for Forest Creek, where households are much smaller than in most other areas. This shift is driven by a high number of people living alone, making the area feel less crowded than the state and national averages.
2.0
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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 Forest Creek — lower than 86% of areas.
| Forest Creek | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. These small households mean the typical home is smaller than most, with 39.6% of homes housing only two people.
32.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forest Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (6%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of all families are couples without children, making up 49.3% of the group. One-parent families account for 14.7%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland average.
14.7% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Forest Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31061/forest-creek/topic/family-households