2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clapham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Clapham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Clapham than in most other areas, with only 20.8% of households consisting of one person. This is a family-oriented place where homes are generally larger and more crowded than the state average.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Clapham — higher than 71% of areas.
| Clapham | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5062, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Clapham hold 2.7 people, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. This larger household size is reflected in the fact that 31.2% of homes house two people and 21.5% hold four.
20.8% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Clapham, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group here at 67.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.8%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.8% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clapham, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Clapham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40258/clapham/topic/family-households