3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carlingford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carlingford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Carlingford compared to the rest of the country, with only 14.2% of households being single-person homes. This creates a distinct pattern where homes are generally more crowded than the national average, with three people typically sharing each dwelling.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Carlingford — higher than 86% of areas.
| Carlingford | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2118, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Carlingford hold 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This larger household size is reflected in the breakdown, where 23.2% of homes hold four people and 8.7% hold five.
14.2% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carlingford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 69.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.5%, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
10.5% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carlingford, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Carlingford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10817/carlingford/topic/family-households