2.8 ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forest Hill · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Forest Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are common in Forest Hill, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live on their own.
2.8
▲ +40.0%
- 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 Forest Hill — higher than 81% of areas.
| Forest Hill | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2651, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has risen since 2011 to 2.8, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, those living alone have fallen to 20.4%, a rate well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
20.4% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forest Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.8%. One-parent families have risen to 19.2% since 2011, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
19.2% ▲ +36.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forest Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next at 19%.
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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115060/forest-hill/topic/family-households