St Clair · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in St Clair

How families and households are made up across the area.

A striking absence of single-parent homes defines the family life in St Clair, where not one such household was recorded. This small community is dominated by families with children, leading to larger homes than the national average.

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📍 St Clair, Suburb / Locality

Where St Clair sits — Average household size

3.1
  • 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 St Clair — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
St Clair3.1
3995, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in St Clair are larger than most, with 3.1 people per household. This is a little above the typical 2.5 people seen across Victoria and Australia.

3.1

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.3
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In St Clair, the largest group is 5 people at 38%, followed by 2 people (25%) and 4 people (21%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

The area is almost entirely made up of couples, with 83.3% raising children. This helps explain why one-parent families are at 0.0%, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In St Clair, Couples with children is the majority at 83%; Couples without 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 St Clair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22337/st-clair/topic/family-households