2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carngham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carngham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Carngham than in most similar areas. This is a place where fewer people live alone, and the typical household is slightly larger than the national figure.
2.7
→ 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 Carngham — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 20% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
20.0% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carngham, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, making up 53.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.6%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
13.6% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carngham, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Carngham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20499/carngham/topic/family-households