2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forest Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forest Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of people in Forest Grove live alone, which is much higher than most other areas. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size, with only 2.1 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Grove — lower than 81% of areas.
| Forest Grove | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6286, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 35.2% of households consisting of one person, well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 41.7% of the area.
35.2% ▲ +48.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forest Grove, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.2%, while couples with children follow closely at 42.6%. One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is a little above the national average.
15.4% ▲ +779.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Forest Grove splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50512/forest-grove/topic/family-households