Clear Mountain · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Clear Mountain

How families and households are made up across the area.

A huge gap exists between Clear Mountain and the rest of the country, with far fewer people living alone and much larger households. It is a place dominated by family living, where the typical home holds 3.0 people.

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📍 Clear Mountain, Suburb / Locality

Where Clear Mountain sits — Average household size

3.0 ▲ +3.4%
  • 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 Clear Mountain — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Clear Mountain3.0
4500, QLD 2.8
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 3.0 people per home, household sizes are much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 11.0% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.

3.0 ▲ +3.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

11.0% ▼ -2.8%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.3%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 11.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Clear Mountain, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 62.7%. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare at 6.1%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

6.1% ▼ -27.0%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Clear Mountain, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

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 Clear Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30619/clear-mountain/topic/family-households