2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carruchan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carruchan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Carruchan compared to the state and national averages. This area has a strong family focus, where nearly half of all households consist of couples raising 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 Carruchan — lower than 57% of areas.
| Carruchan | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 18.2% of residents live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
18.2% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carruchan, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.3% of families, while 15.7% are one-parent families. This last group is much more common here than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the Queensland average.
15.7% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carruchan, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Carruchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30552/carruchan/topic/family-households