Carine · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Carine

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a home in Carine than in most other areas, with the typical household holding 2.8 people. This reflects a community heavily centred on family life, where a small number of people live on their own compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Carine, Suburb / Locality

Where Carine sits — Average household size

2.8 → 0.0%
  • 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 Carine — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Carine2.8
6020, WA 2.7
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 15.3% of residents live alone, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Most homes are shared, with 35.4% of households containing two people and 25.1% holding four.

2.8 → 0.0%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.3% ▲ +0.4%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.2%
  • 2016: 12.9%
  • 2021: 15.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Carine, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 1 person (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is very common here, as 66.9% of households are couples with children. One-parent families make up 7.2% of the total, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.

7.2% ▼ -14.6%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.4%
  • 2016: 7.6%
  • 2021: 7.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Carine, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Carine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50262/carine/topic/family-households