3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karnup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Karnup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 66.2% of all families in Karnup, making it a place where family life is the dominant story. With typical homes holding 3.0 people, this is a little above the national figure of 2.5. It is an area where large households are the norm and living alone is quite rare.
3.0
▼ -6.3%
- 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 Karnup — higher than 86% of areas.
| Karnup | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6176, WA | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 3.0 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 13.1% of people live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%.
13.1% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karnup, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 12.4% of the total. This proportion of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
12.4% ▲ +104.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karnup, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Karnup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50731/karnup/topic/family-households