2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forbes · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Forbes
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living on their own in Forbes than in most similar areas, with 34.9% of households being single-person homes. This shift is part of a broader trend toward smaller living arrangements. The typical home now holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Forbes — lower than 64% of areas.
| Forbes | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2871, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is well above the New South Wales average. Smaller households are common here, with 35.8% of homes holding two people and 34.9% holding just one.
34.9% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Forbes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.1% of the local total, which is well above the national figure and much higher than in most similar areas. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 32.4% are couples without children.
21.1% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forbes, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114010/forbes/topic/family-households