2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carnarvon · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Carnarvon
How families and households are made up across the area.
A third of all households in Carnarvon are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a shift in the area's living patterns, as homes have become slightly smaller over the last decade. The community also sees a much higher rate of single-parent families compared to most other areas.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Carnarvon — lower than 71% of areas.
| Carnarvon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of people here live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and remains well above the Western Australian average. Consequently, the typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
33.3% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carnarvon splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, which is well above both the state and national averages. In terms of family types, couples with children are the most common group at 48.7%, followed by couples without children at 31.5%.
18.3% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carnarvon, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (32%) 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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51540/carnarvon/topic/family-households