2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clontarf · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Clontarf
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Clontarf than in most similar areas, contributing to a smaller typical household size. While nearly half of all families here include children, there is a notable number of single-person homes compared to the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Clontarf — lower than 71% of areas.
| Clontarf | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4019, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Clontarf holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by the 31.0% of residents who live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
31.0% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Clontarf splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.2% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion is also much higher than in most similar areas across the country.
19.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clontarf, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Clontarf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30629/clontarf/topic/family-households