2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Claremont · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Claremont
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of households in Claremont are occupied by people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a lower typical household size than most other places. The community also sees a notably high proportion of single-parent families.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Claremont — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.8% of people here live alone, which is much higher than in most areas and has risen since 2011. Because of this, the typical home in Claremont has 2.3 people, slightly below the Australian figure of 2.5.
33.8% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Claremont splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.6% of the total, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 14.1% national figure. This proportion has grown by 2.4 percentage points over the last decade.
22.6% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Claremont, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Claremont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601031015/claremont/topic/family-households