2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forrest Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forrest Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Forrest Beach compared to the rest of the country. This makes the area stand out, with 34% of households consisting of just one person. Overall, homes here are smaller and hold fewer people than the state average.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Beach — lower than 81% of areas.
| Forrest Beach | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4850, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Forrest Beach holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, with 34% of residents living alone—well above the national figure of 25.6%.
34.0% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forrest Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of all families here are couples without children, making up 48.7% of the group. One-parent families account for 12.6%, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average.
12.6% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forrest Beach, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (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 Forrest Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31072/forrest-beach/topic/family-households