2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carine (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Carine (North Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are a defining feature of daily life in Carine, where 2.7 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than in most other areas, reflecting a community where families are the dominant living arrangement.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Carine (North Metropolitan) — higher than 71% of areas.
| Carine (North Metropolitan) | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Far fewer people live alone here than in most areas, at just 17.6%, a figure that has fallen 7.2 percentage points since 2011. This explains why homes are larger than the national figure, with 34.7% of households containing two people and 22.6% containing four.
17.6% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carine (North Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common in Carine, with couples with children making up 65.5% of the mix. One-parent families make up only 8.2%, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.2% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carine (North Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 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 Carine (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51304/carine/topic/family-households