2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forcett · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forcett
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Forcett, where a typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and reflects a community where very few people live alone.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Forcett — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.2% of residents live by themselves, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29%. Most homes are shared, with 34.1% holding two people and 22.2% holding four.
12.2% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forcett, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.2%, which is well below the state average of 15.9%.
12.2% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forcett, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Forcett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60207/forcett/topic/family-households