2.6 ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carpendale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carpendale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person households are the most common living arrangement in Carpendale, making up 46.3% of all homes. The area is largely residential with a mix of family homes and single occupants, though it has far fewer one-parent families than the state or national figures.
2.6
▼ -13.3%
- 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 Carpendale — higher than 57% of areas.
| Carpendale | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4344, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. A little more than a quarter of residents (26.8%) live alone, a figure slightly above the Queensland and Australian averages.
26.8% ▲ +89.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carpendale, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples with children (48.9%), while 33.3% are couples without children. Just 10.0% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +44.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carpendale, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Carpendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30547/carpendale/topic/family-households