2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forster - Tuncurry · Urban Area
Family & Households in Forster - Tuncurry
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Forster - Tuncurry, where 36.5% of people live alone. This high number of single-person homes means the area has far fewer people per house than the state or national average.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Forster - Tuncurry — lower than 99% of areas.
| Forster - Tuncurry | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2428, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This low density is driven by the fact that 36.5% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011.
36.5% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forster - Tuncurry, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.7% of the area, which is well above the New South Wales average of 14.0%. Most families here are couples, with 45.4% having no children and 35.9% having children.
17.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forster - Tuncurry, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Forster - Tuncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1013/forster-tuncurry/topic/family-households