2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carey Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carey Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Carey Park than in most similar areas. This shift towards smaller households is clear, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Carey Park — lower than 81% of areas.
| Carey Park | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.1% of homes are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than in most other areas.
40.1% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carey Park, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 29% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 39.5%.
29.0% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carey Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (29%).
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 Carey Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50261/carey-park/topic/family-households