2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carisbrook · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Carisbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
A notably higher share of people live alone in Carisbrook (L) compared to the state and national figures. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, there is a strong presence of single-person households. This mix creates a residential landscape where small households and family homes exist side by side.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Carisbrook — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Victorian average and has risen since 2011. Homes typically hold 2.4 people, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
32.2% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carisbrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.8% of families here, while 11.5% are one-parent families. This last group is a little below the national figure, though the proportion has risen by 2.5 points since 2011.
11.5% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carisbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Carisbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221017/carisbrook/topic/family-households