3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carmel · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Carmel
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people have lived alone in Carmel (L) since 2011, though the area remains dominated by larger households. Most homes here are family-based, with the typical house holding three people.
3.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Carmel — higher than 87% of areas.
| Carmel | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6076, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Carmel (L) hold 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure and much higher than most areas. While the number of people living alone has risen to 15.7% since 2011, this is still well below the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
15.7% ▲ +43.1%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Carmel splits fairly evenly between 4 people (31%) and 2 people (30%), with 1 person at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 71.8%. One-parent families account for 13.6%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.6% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carmel, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Carmel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522010/carmel/topic/family-households