2.8 —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karratha · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Karratha
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more children define daily life in Karratha, where the typical household size is 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas across the country. With very few one-parent families, the community is largely made up of couples with children.
2.8
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- 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 Karratha — higher than 79% of areas.
| Karratha | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6714, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than the national figure of 2.5 people, and this trend has barely changed since 2016. Only 21.8% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.8% —
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karratha, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.6% of families in the area. Only 8.3% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2016.
8.3% —
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karratha, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Karratha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510031272/karratha/topic/family-households