2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carnamah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carnamah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Carnamah, where nearly 40% of homes are occupied by just one person. This is a stark contrast to the rest of the state, resulting in a typical home size that is well below the Western Australian and national figures.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Carnamah — lower than 86% of areas.
| Carnamah | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6517, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the state and national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very high proportion of people living alone, at 39.8%, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%.
39.8% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carnamah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (41%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.5% of the area, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, split almost evenly between those with children (45.7%) and those without (46.1%).
4.5% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Carnamah splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (47%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Carnamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50266/carnamah/topic/family-households