2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clarkefield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Clarkefield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 64.1% of families in Clarkefield, marking it as a primary residential hub for parents. The area has a strong family focus, with homes typically holding 2.7 people, which is higher than most other similar areas.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Clarkefield — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in each home, a figure slightly above the Victorian and Australian totals of 2.5. While 26% of households consist of one person, nearly 30% are made up of two people.
26.0% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Clarkefield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.6% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.6% ▲ +50.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clarkefield, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Clarkefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20567/clarkefield/topic/family-households