2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Claretown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Claretown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with and without children both make up 32.1% of families in Claretown. This small area has a higher rate of single-parent families than most other places. It is a community where homes are generally smaller, with fewer people living under one roof.
2.1
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- 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 Claretown — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Claretown hold 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the state and national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Claretown, 1 person is the majority at 57%; 2 people is next at 43%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the group, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
17.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Claretown splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (32%) and Couples without children (32%), with One-parent families at 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 Claretown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20565/claretown/topic/family-households