2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carrathool · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Carrathool
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Carrathool than in most similar areas. While household sizes have edged up since 2011, nearly 29% of the population lives alone, which is well above the national figure.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Carrathool — higher than 71% of areas.
| Carrathool | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, with 34.3% of households consisting of two people. About 28.7% of residents live alone, a proportion that has remained steady since 2011 and is much higher than across New South Wales.
28.7% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carrathool, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.5%. One-parent families account for 12.7% of the total, which is a little below the national and state figures.
12.7% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carrathool, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Carrathool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11600/carrathool/topic/family-households