2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carlton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carlton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Carlton than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused suburb where 60.9% of homes are couples with children, and the typical home holds 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Carlton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Carlton | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2218, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most similar areas, with 30.8% of households containing two people and 19.3% containing three. Only 22.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.5% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carlton, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the clear majority of families at 60.9%. One-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state average.
13.3% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carlton, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Carlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10818/carlton/topic/family-households