2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in South Forest than in the rest of the state, with only 21.9% of households consisting of one person. This is a place where larger living arrangements are common, resulting in more people sharing a home than is typical for most Australian areas.
2.7
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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 South Forest — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in South Forest holds 2.7 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Most households consist of two people (34.4%), while 15.6% contain five people.
21.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Forest, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 5 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.3% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for just 4.3%, a figure far below the 15.9% seen across Tasmania.
4.3% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Forest, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 South Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60614/south-forest/topic/family-households