3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carramar · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carramar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Among the highest for its size, Carramar is a place where large households are the norm. Most homes are filled with families, and very few people live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Carramar — higher than 88% of areas.
| Carramar | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 6031, WA | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 10.5% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.5% ▲ +38.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carramar splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 69.7%. One-parent families account for 11.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carramar, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Carramar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50269/carramar/topic/family-households