2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Black Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Black Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure, 32% of people in Black Forest live alone. This makes the area stand out as a place with many single-person households compared to other similar regions. While many homes here are small, over half are still occupied by couples with children.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Black Forest — lower than 71% of areas.
| Black Forest | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5035, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Black Forest hold 2.3 people, which is lower than in most areas. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, with 32% of residents living alone.
32.0% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Black Forest splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.5% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for 11.4%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.4% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Black Forest, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Black Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40111/black-forest/topic/family-households