1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carnamah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Carnamah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of households in Carnamah are made up of people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes has contributed to the area having some of the lowest numbers of people per home in the region.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 Carnamah — lower than 93% of areas.
| Carnamah | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6517, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Carnamah has just 1.9 people, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is well below the Australian average of 2.5. This is driven by a high proportion of single-person households, which rose 7 percentage points over the last decade to reach 44.7%.
44.7% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carnamah, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.1% of the local total, which is well below the state and national figures. Most families here are couples, with 52.3% having no children and 39.8% having children.
5.1% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carnamah, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 Carnamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522011/carnamah/topic/family-households