2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clark · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Clark
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Clark live alone, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households. While most homes contain two or more people, the typical household size remains small.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Clark — lower than 71% of areas.
| Clark | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Hobart | 2.4 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.3% of residents live by themselves, which is much higher than most areas. Despite this, the number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2011 to 2.4, matching the Tasmanian average.
30.3% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Clark splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and slightly above the national average.
15.7% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clark, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Clark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED603/clark/topic/family-households