Carbine Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Carbine Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much higher rates of one-parent families define the household landscape in Carbine Creek compared to the rest of the state. While the typical Australian home has 2.5 people, homes here are larger with 2.8 people on average. This creates a family-focused environment where single-parent households are far more common than in most other areas.

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📍 Carbine Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Carbine Creek sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 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 Carbine Creek — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Carbine Creek2.8
4723, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.8 people per home, households in Carbine Creek are a little larger than the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5, and are much larger than most similar areas.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Carbine Creek, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 3 people is next at 38%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. These families sit alongside couples with children (57.1%) and couples without children (46.4%) as the main family types in the area.

Family composition

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In Carbine Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).

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 Carbine Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30534/carbine-creek/topic/family-households