2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forreston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forreston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 65% of families in Forreston are couples with children, making it an area where family life is the dominant story. This is a place where homes are typically larger and more crowded than in most other regions, with far fewer people living on their own.
2.8
→ 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 Forreston — higher than 76% of areas.
| Forreston | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5233, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are busier than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 15.6% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.6% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forreston, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are dominated by couples, with 65.1% having children and 28.9% without. Only 5.4% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.4% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forreston, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Forreston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40454/forreston/topic/family-households