2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Forest than in most similar areas. This community is primarily made up of families, with a high proportion of couples raising children together.
2.6
→ 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 Forest — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. About 25.7% of residents live alone, a rate that is well below the state average and about the same as the national figure.
25.7% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forest, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.9%. One-parent families account for 11.8%, which is a little below the Australian average and well below the state figure.
11.8% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forest, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60208/forest/topic/family-households