2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carey Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carey Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people live alone in Carey Bay, a figure far above the national average. This leads to a small typical household size of just 2.1 people, making the area much quieter than most other similar places.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Carey Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
| Carey Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2283, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 38% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the 25.6% national figure and helps explain why homes here are smaller than those in most other areas.
38.0% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carey Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 42%, though one-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, sitting at 16.8%.
16.8% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Carey Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Carey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10811/carey-bay/topic/family-households