2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carnegie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carnegie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Carnegie, where a high number of people live on their own. This creates a local feel defined by smaller living arrangements and fewer large family groups compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Carnegie — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A striking 35% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home in Carnegie holds just 2.2 people, slightly fewer than the Victorian average of 2.5.
35.0% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carnegie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.6% of families here, while one-parent families account for 9.4%. This last figure is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.4% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carnegie, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Carnegie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20498/carnegie/topic/family-households