2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kaarimba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kaarimba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Kaarimba than in most other areas. The community is largely made up of couples, with a high number of people living alone compared to the national figure. This creates a small-scale housing landscape where most homes hold only one or two people.
2.3
→ 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 Kaarimba — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Kaarimba holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 27.8% of people live alone, a rate a little above the state and national averages.
27.8% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kaarimba, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 6.2% of the community, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Instead, the area is dominated by couples, with 46.2% being couples without children and 43.1% being couples with children.
6.2% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Kaarimba splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Kaarimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21280/kaarimba/topic/family-households