3.0 ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carpentaria · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Carpentaria
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Carpentaria are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has a notably high proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country, and homes tend to be larger than the national average.
3.0
▼ -9.1%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Carpentaria — higher than 89% of areas.
| Carpentaria | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4830, QLD | 3.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Carpentaria are typically larger than most areas, with 3.0 people per home, though this is down from 3.3 in 2011. About 26% of people live alone, which is a slight increase since 2011 and about the same as the national figure.
26.0% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carpentaria splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (26%), with 6 or more at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.9% of the total, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions for this level, having risen by 6.1 percentage points since 2011.
26.9% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carpentaria, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Carpentaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021404/carpentaria/topic/family-households