2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forrest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Forrest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a roof here than in most other areas, making Forrest (ACT) a place of smaller households. The typical home holds just 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of residents living on their own.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Forrest — lower than 76% of areas.
| Forrest | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2603, ACT | 2.3 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people live alone, a figure well above both the ACT and national averages. Small households are the norm here, with 42.9% of homes housing two people and 29.4% housing just one.
29.4% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forrest, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, while 41.5% are couples without. Only 7.2% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the figures for the ACT and Australia.
7.2% ▲ +51.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forrest, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80057/forrest/topic/family-households