2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Carnarvon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 37% of people in South Carnarvon live alone, which is far more than in most other areas. This high number of single-person homes means that the typical household is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 South Carnarvon — lower than 76% of areas.
| South Carnarvon | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in South Carnarvon has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by a large proportion of single-person households, which make up 37.1% of the area.
37.1% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Carnarvon splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.2% of the total, a figure that is far above both the Western Australian and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 38.9%.
26.2% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Carnarvon, the largest group is Couples with children at 38%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (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 South Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51365/south-carnarvon/topic/family-households