2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karuah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Karuah
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than most areas defines the home life in Karuah. While couples with children are the most common family type, the area sees a significant number of single-parent households and people living alone. Typical homes are smaller than the national average.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Karuah — lower than 71% of areas.
| Karuah | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 42.5% containing two people and 28.4% just one. Because so many people live alone, Karuah has only 2.3 people per home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
28.4% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karuah, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 42.3% and couples without children at 37.7%.
19.1% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Karuah splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families 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 Karuah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12084/karuah/topic/family-households