2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clayton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Clayton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Roughly 13% of families in Clayton are led by a single parent, which is higher than most similar areas. Most homes here follow a typical pattern, with 2.5 people living in each dwelling, matching both state and national figures.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Clayton — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 26% of households are people living alone, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures. The most common home size is two people, making up 32.6% of all households.
25.9% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Clayton, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 13% of the total, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
13.0% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clayton, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Clayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20569/clayton/topic/family-households