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Family & Households in Forrest Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Household sizes in Forrest Beach have remained consistently large since 2011. This is a family-heavy area where most homes house three people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Forrest Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Forrest Beach sits — Average household size

3.0 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Forrest Beach — higher than 86% of areas.

Forrest Beach3.0
6271, WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 3.0 people per home, this area has a much higher density of residents in each dwelling than most other areas.

Average household size

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3.0 —

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Forrest Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 3 people (33%), with 4 people at 33%.

2 people 23.1% 3 people 23.1% 4 people 23.1%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Two-thirds of families are couples with children, which helps explain the lack of one-parent families; at 0.0%, this is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

One-parent families

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Forrest Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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/SAL50515/forrest-beach/topic/family-households