2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carlton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Carlton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Carlton (Tas.) are couples with children, making it the most common home type. The area has a notably high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country. Most homes hold two or three people, aligning with typical patterns across Tasmania.
2.4
→ 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 Carlton — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 32.7% of the total.
31.1% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carlton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.3% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. Couples with children form the largest group at 56.1%.
16.3% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carlton, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Carlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60099/carlton/topic/family-households