2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clarence Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Clarence Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Clarence Valley are couples with children. This is the most common household type in the area, though a high number of people living alone also shapes the local landscape. Overall, homes here are slightly smaller than the state and national averages.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Clarence Valley — lower than 86% of areas.
| Clarence Valley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Clarence Valley hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down since 2011. This is partly because 28.8% of people live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
28.8% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Clarence Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples without children, who account for 36.7% of the total.
17.5% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clarence Valley, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Clarence Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10401/clarence-valley/topic/family-households