2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caroona · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caroona
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Caroona compared to the rest of the country. This stands out as the most striking feature of the local household landscape, where 41% of families are headed by a single parent.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Caroona — higher than 57% of areas.
| Caroona | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2343, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. About a quarter of all households consist of a single person living alone.
25.7% ▲ +86.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Caroona splits fairly evenly between 3 people (26%) and 1 person (25%), with 2 people at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 41% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children account for another 36.5% of families in the area.
41.0% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Caroona splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (40%) and Couples with children (35%), with Couples without children 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 Caroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10822/caroona/topic/family-households