2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forest Glen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forest Glen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up more than half of all families in Forest Glen. This is a stable residential area where the typical household size matches the national figure. Most homes are occupied by pairs or families, creating a consistent living pattern across the suburb.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 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 Glen — higher than 50% of areas.
| Forest Glen | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4556, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Forest Glen has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Nearly 40% of households consist of two people, while 24.9% of residents live alone.
24.9% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forest Glen, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are the most common, representing 54.7% of the total. Only 9.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.5% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forest Glen, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Glen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31062/forest-glen/topic/family-households