2.6 —
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Forrestfield (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Forrestfield than in most similar areas, with a typical household holding 2.6 people. This is a place where fewer adults live alone and a larger proportion of families are headed by a single parent.
2.6
—
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) — higher than 57% of areas.
| Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.4% of people live alone here, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 32.7% of all households.
23.4% —
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forrestfield (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the state average of 13.5%. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 59.4% of the total.
15.3% —
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forrestfield (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52102/forrestfield/topic/family-households