1.8 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karumba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Karumba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Karumba are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out as a place where small households are the norm, with a typical home holding only 1.8 people.
1.8
▼ -14.3%
- 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 Karumba — lower than 91% of areas.
| Karumba | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 4891, QLD | 1.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are far more common here than in the rest of the country, making up 45.8% of all homes. This helps explain why the typical home size is well below the national figure of 2.5 people.
45.8% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karumba, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 57.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 15.7% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.7% ▲ +103.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karumba, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 26%.
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 Karumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31492/karumba/topic/family-households