2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clarence · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Clarence
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Clarence are couples with children, reflecting a strong focus on family life. The area has a much lower rate of people living alone compared to both the state and national figures.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Clarence — higher than 50% of areas.
| Clarence | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2790, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 19.7% of people live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.7% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Clarence, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.3% of families, while one-parent families account for only 8.3%. This share of single-parent homes is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
8.3% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clarence, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10918/clarence/topic/family-households