Clydesdale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Clydesdale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live in each home in Clydesdale than in the typical Victorian household. This is a small community where single-person homes are common, and the typical home holds only 2.0 people, well below the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Clydesdale, Suburb / Locality

Where Clydesdale sits — Average household size

2.0
  • 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 Clydesdale — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Clydesdale2.0
3461, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person homes are common here, with 30.3% of households consisting of one person, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why the area has much lower occupancy than most other areas.

2.0

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 34.6%
  • 2021: 30.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Clydesdale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples without children, making up 76.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.9%, which is a little above the state average of 13.3%.

14.9%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 14.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Clydesdale, Couples without children is the majority at 69%; Couples with children is next at 17%.

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 Clydesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20584/clydesdale/topic/family-households