2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karratha · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Karratha
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 70.6% of families in Karratha, making it a place dominated by family units. The area has much larger households than most other parts of the country. This focus on family life is reflected in a very low rate of single-parent homes.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Karratha — higher than 81% of areas.
| Karratha | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6714, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household. While this is a little above the national figure of 2.5, the number of people living alone is well below the Australian average at 21.8%.
21.8% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karratha, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 8.3% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is much lower than in most similar areas, although the figure has risen slightly since 2011.
8.3% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karratha, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Karratha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL513003/karratha/topic/family-households