2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Forbes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Forbes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of the families in Mount Forbes are couples with children, making it a very family-oriented area. Most homes here are larger than usual, with a typical household of 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Mount Forbes — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mount Forbes | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4340, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mount Forbes tend to be more crowded than in most areas, and only 15.9% of people live alone. This is well below the 25.6% national figure, while 42% of households consist of two people.
15.9% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Forbes, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 54.3%, followed by couples without children at 32%. One-parent families account for 11% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Forbes, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Mount Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31961/mount-forbes/topic/family-households