2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most areas of a similar size have more varied home lives than Forth, where family-led households are the norm. Over half of all families here include children, and only 21.1% of people live by themselves.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Forth — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Forth holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common, making up 44.3% of the total.
21.1% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forth, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life in Forth is dominated by couples, with 52.8% raising children and 38.6% without. Only 6.7% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure well below the Tasmanian and national averages.
6.7% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forth, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Forth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60211/forth/topic/family-households