Clear Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Clear Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are living together in Clear Creek than in most similar areas, with the typical home now holding 2.8 people. This shift towards larger households is reflected in the high number of couples with children, who make up 45.2% of all families.

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Where Clear Creek sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 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 Clear Creek — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Clear Creek2.8
2795, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 62.5% of households consisting of two people. This is consistent with the fact that only 22.5% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.5%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.0%
  • 2021: 22.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Clear Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family structures in Clear Creek are dominated by couples, with 48.1% having no children and 45.2% having children. Only 8.7% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

8.7%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.7%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Clear Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 8%.

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 Clear Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10924/clear-creek/topic/family-households