2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carpendeit · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carpendeit
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher number of people share each home in Carpendeit compared to most similar areas. This is a place where families are the norm, though it also sees a high proportion of single-parent households.
2.8
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- 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 Carpendeit — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Carpendeit are typically larger than the national figure, with 2.8 people per household. While 27.5% of people live alone—which is a little above the Victorian average—about 15% of households contain five or more people.
27.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carpendeit, the largest group is 1 person at 34%, followed by 2 people (25%) and 3 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.1% of the local total, a figure far above both the state and national averages. The most common family type is couples with children, who account for 56.5% of families.
27.1% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carpendeit, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Carpendeit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20501/carpendeit/topic/family-households