2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clergate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Clergate
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Clergate than in most similar areas, with a typical household size of 2.7 people. This is a family-focused community where nearly two-thirds of households consist of couples with children.
2.7
—
- 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 Clergate — higher than 71% of areas.
| Clergate | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2800, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.7 people per household. This is reflected in the fact that far fewer people live alone here (21.4%) compared to the national figure of 25.6%.
21.4% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Clergate, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family households are common, and 65.3% are couples with children. Only 9.8% are one-parent families, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.8% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clergate, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Clergate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10928/clergate/topic/family-households