2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carrington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carrington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life in Carrington has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on couple-led homes. The area is defined by a lack of single-parent households, which are far less common here than in the rest of the state.
2.5
—
- 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 Carrington — higher than 50% of areas.
| Carrington | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4883, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Carrington holds 2.5 people, matching the Queensland and national figures. Only 17.8% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carrington, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families, with 54.7% raising children and 43.3% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carrington, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 44%.
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 Carrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30551/carrington/topic/family-households