3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kareela · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kareela
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 71% of families in Kareela, making it a primary hub for family life. This is a place where large households are common and people living alone are rare. The typical home here is much larger than those in most other areas.
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 Kareela — higher than 86% of areas.
| Kareela | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2232, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Kareela are more crowded than usual, with 3.0 people per household compared to 2.6 across New South Wales. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 12.6%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.6% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kareela, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are dominated by couples with children. One-parent families make up 8.1% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%.
8.1% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kareela, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Kareela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12081/kareela/topic/family-households