3.2 ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forde · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forde
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure of 2.5 people, Forde sees an average of 3.2 people per home. This creates a family-heavy profile where large households are the norm. Only 11.2% of residents live alone, which is far below the national average.
3.2
▲ +6.7%
- 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 Forde — higher than 89% of areas.
| Forde | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2914, ACT | 3.1 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 30.2% of households containing four people. This explains why the area has among the lowest rates of people living alone compared to other similar places.
11.2% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forde, the largest group is 4 people at 30%, followed by 2 people (24%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 76.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 7.6%, a figure that is well below both the ACT and national averages.
7.6% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forde, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Forde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80056/forde/topic/family-households