1.5 ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.0
- 2021: 1.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karratha · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Karratha
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Karratha than in most similar areas, with 63.4% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a very small typical household size, making it one of the least crowded areas in the region.
1.5
▼ -11.8%
- 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 Karratha — lower than 99% of areas.
| Karratha | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| 6714, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Karratha has only 1.5 people, which is far below the Western Australian and national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 63.4% of people live alone, a rate far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
63.4% ▲ +83.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karratha, 1 person is the majority at 55%; 2 people is next at 32%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%. While some couples with children live here, 100% of the family households are couples without children.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karratha, Couples without children is the majority at 92%; Couples with children is next at 8%.
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 Karratha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50737/karratha/topic/family-households