2.3 ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carnarvon · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Carnarvon
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 34.1% of residents in Carnarvon now live alone, a figure that has jumped 18 points since 2011. This shift toward single-person households has contributed to a decline in the typical number of people living in each home. The area also sees a much higher rate of one-parent families compared to most other parts of the country.
2.3
▼ -17.9%
- 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 Carnarvon — lower than 57% of areas.
| Carnarvon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.3 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Single-person households are common here at 34.1%, a rate well above both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
34.1% ▲ +115.9%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carnarvon splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 4.7% of families fell into this category.
20.3% ▲ +335.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carnarvon, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515006/carnarvon/topic/family-households