2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clare · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Clare
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in Clare than they were a decade ago. This shift is most obvious in the rise of single-person households, which now make up 31.5% of all homes. This trend has left the area with a typical household size that is smaller than both the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Clare — lower than 86% of areas.
| Clare | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5453, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Clare are smaller than usual, with 2.2 people per household and a high 31.5% of people living alone. This number of single-person homes is well above the national figure and has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
31.5% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Clare, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families here are couples with children, while 38% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.2% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average but has risen by 3 percentage points since 2011.
13.2% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clare, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Clare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405021116/clare/topic/family-households