Cloverlea · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cloverlea

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people per home is common in Cloverlea than in most similar areas. This is a family-heavy community where the typical home holds 2.7 people, which is slightly above the national figure.

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📍 Cloverlea, Suburb / Locality

Where Cloverlea sits — Average household size

2.7 ▼ -3.6%
  • 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 Cloverlea — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cloverlea2.7
3822, VIC 2.8
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, with 39.4% housing two people and 12.1% holding five or more. Only 21.2% of people live alone, a figure well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.

2.7 ▼ -3.6%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

21.2% ▲ +9.5%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.4%
  • 2016: 23.2%
  • 2021: 21.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Cloverlea, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.7%. In contrast, one-parent families are very rare here at 2.6%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

2.6% ▼ -51.7%

Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.4%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cloverlea, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 32%.

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 Cloverlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20578/cloverlea/topic/family-households