2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carnarvon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Carnarvon are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much smaller typical home size than the rest of the state and country.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Carnarvon — lower than 86% of areas.
| Carnarvon | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 50.7% of people here live alone, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Carnarvon holds only 2.0 people, well below the Western Australian average of 2.5.
50.7% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carnarvon, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the total, which is well above the state figure of 13.5%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 55.0%, while those with children account for 26.0%.
18.0% ▲ +114.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carnarvon, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; 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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50267/carnarvon/topic/family-households