2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forth · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Forth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 8.4% of families in Forth (L) are headed by a single parent, a figure well below the national and state averages. This creates a family-focused profile for the area, where over half of all families consist of couples raising children.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Forth — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Forth (L) house two people, and the typical household size of 2.4 is about the same as the Tasmanian and Australian figures. While the number of people living alone has risen to 25.3% since 2011, this remains well below the state average.
25.3% ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forth, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.9% of families, while couples without children account for another 35.4%. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than in most areas and has fallen by 6.4 percentage points over the last decade.
8.4% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forth, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Forth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622009/forth/topic/family-households