2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Castle Forbes Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Castle Forbes Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Castle Forbes Bay are couples with children, making it a strong family hub. This focus on family life is reflected in the low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
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- 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 Castle Forbes Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Castle Forbes Bay has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Only 20.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
20.5% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Castle Forbes Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 49.3% of households being couples with children. One-parent families make up only 7.1% of the total, which is well below the 15.9% seen across Tasmania.
7.1% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Castle Forbes Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 Castle Forbes Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60102/castle-forbes-bay/topic/family-households