2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karoola · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Karoola
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Karoola than in most similar areas. This is a place where the vast majority of households are family-based, with 51% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Karoola — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 12.2% of residents live alone, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
12.2% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karoola, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51% of families, while couples without children account for 41.8%. One-parent families are much less common here than in other areas, making up just 6.2% of the total.
6.2% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karoola, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Karoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60297/karoola/topic/family-households