2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carrum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carrum
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Carrum compared to most similar areas. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size than seen across the state. While many homes are small, over half of the families here still include children.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Carrum — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.2% of people live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Because of this, the typical home in Carrum has 2.3 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.
32.2% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carrum splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 53.5% of the group.
17.6% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carrum, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Carrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20507/carrum/topic/family-households