2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clifton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Clifton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Clifton live on their own, making it an area with a very high number of single-person households. This trend contributes to a typical home size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Clifton — lower than 76% of areas.
| Clifton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4361, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.2% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 24.7% seen in Queensland. Two-person homes are the most common at 37.1%, and overall, home sizes are lower than most other areas.
36.2% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Clifton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the largest group at 42.5%, while couples without children account for 34.8%.
22.4% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clifton, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Clifton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30624/clifton/topic/family-households