2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Carnarvon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household structures in East Carnarvon have shifted over the last decade, though the area remains more crowded than most similar places. The most striking feature today is that nearly 29% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure.
2.6
→ 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 East Carnarvon — higher than 57% of areas.
| East Carnarvon | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in each home, a figure higher than most areas. While two-person homes are the most common at 33%, 28.9% of households are single-person, which is well above the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
28.9% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Carnarvon splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 12% of the total, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
12.0% ▼ -27.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Carnarvon, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 East Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50454/east-carnarvon/topic/family-households