Carbrook · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Carbrook

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger homes are much more common in Carbrook than in most similar areas. This is a place where families dominate the landscape, with 60.6% of households consisting of couples with children.

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📍 Carbrook, Suburb / Locality

Where Carbrook sits — Average household size

2.8 → 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 Carbrook — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Carbrook2.8
4130, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5. About 23.3% of households are people living alone, a rate slightly below the national average.

2.8 → 0.0%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

23.3% ▼ -10.2%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.9%
  • 2016: 23.8%
  • 2021: 23.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Carbrook, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the bulk of the local family structure. One-parent families account for 11.4% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

11.4% ▲ +42.6%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 11.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Carbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Carbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30535/carbrook/topic/family-households