Mount Clear · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Clear

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 30% of people in Mount Clear live alone, which is well above the national figure. This is a residential area where one-person homes are common, though the typical household size of 2.5 people remains about the same as the rest of Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Mount Clear, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Clear sits — Average household size

2.5 → 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 Mount Clear — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Clear2.5
3350, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up 29% of households, a rate well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Two-person homes are the most common at 31.7%, while those with four people account for 16.6%.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.0% ▲ +25.2%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.2%
  • 2016: 25.4%
  • 2021: 29.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Mount Clear splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 16.2% of the community, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most families here are couples with children, representing 56.7% of the total.

16.2% ▲ +11.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.5%
  • 2016: 16.8%
  • 2021: 16.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Clear, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Mount Clear [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21783/mount-clear/topic/family-households