Carss Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Carss Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 68.9% of families in Carss Park, making it a strong hub for families. The area is characterised by larger households than most similar places, with an average of 2.8 people per home.

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Where Carss Park sits — Average household size

2.8 → 0.0%
  • 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 Carss Park — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Carss Park2.8
2221, NSW 3.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here typically hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 21% of households contain four people and 9% contain five.

2.8 → 0.0%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

23.5% ▼ -14.7%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.5%
  • 2016: 23.8%
  • 2021: 23.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Carss Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (23%), with 4 people at 21%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families account for 10.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.

10.4% ▲ +53.5%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 10.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Carss Park, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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 Carss Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10836/carss-park/topic/family-households