3.6 ▲ +71.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 3.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karawatha · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Karawatha
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few areas have larger households than Karawatha, where the typical home holds 3.6 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community dominated by large family groups.
3.6
▲ +71.4%
- 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 Karawatha — higher than 96% of areas.
| Karawatha | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 4117, QLD | 3.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 32.9% of households containing four people. This is consistent with the fact that only 11.4% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
11.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karawatha, the largest group is 4 people at 30%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common here, as 81.4% of households are couples with children. One-parent families make up only 7.2% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
7.2% ▲ —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karawatha, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children is next at 12%.
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 Karawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31488/karawatha/topic/family-households