2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carrara · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carrara
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost exactly the same as the state and national averages, Carrara is a typical residential area where about 2.4 people live in each home. It is a place where more than half of all families include children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Carrara — lower than 57% of areas.
| Carrara | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4211, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes are small, with two-person households being the most common at 37.4%. About 24.7% of people live alone, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
24.7% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carrara, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.8% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure.
15.8% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carrara, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Carrara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30550/carrara/topic/family-households