2.3 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carpenter Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carpenter Rocks
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 43% of homes in Carpenter Rocks are occupied by a single person, which is one of the highest rates for any area of this size. This high number of solo dwellers means the typical home here is smaller than usual, with only 2.3 people per household.
2.3
▲ +9.5%
- 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 Carpenter Rocks — lower than 71% of areas.
| Carpenter Rocks | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5291, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 42.9% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the South Australian figure of 28.5% and the national figure of 25.6%.
42.9% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carpenter Rocks, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 5 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 49.2% of households, while one-parent families are rare at 4.9%. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
4.9% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Carpenter Rocks splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (42%), with Other families at 6%.
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 Carpenter Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40228/carpenter-rocks/topic/family-households