2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carrajung · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carrajung
How families and households are made up across the area.
A slightly higher rate of single-parent families sets Carrajung apart from the state average. Most households here are small, with nearly 40% containing just two people and 25.6% consisting of a single person living alone.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Carrajung — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Carrajung holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. One in four residents lives alone, a rate that mirrors the national average.
25.6% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carrajung, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 14.9% of the area, which is higher than most similar places and a little above the Victorian figure. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.9%.
14.9% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carrajung, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Carrajung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20502/carrajung/topic/family-households