2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carlyle · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Carlyle than in most similar areas, making it a place where households are predominantly shared. With a typical size of 2.5 people, it mirrors the state and national figures while showing a very low rate of single-person homes.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Carlyle — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
Just 9.7% of people here live alone, which is far below the Victorian and national figures of around 26%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 48.4% of all households.
2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
9.7% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Carlyle, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (26%) and 3 people (21%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are completely absent here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 56.1% having children and 53% without.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Carlyle, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 49%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Carlyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20497/carlyle/topic/family-households