2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Claremont · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Claremont
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Claremont than in most similar areas. This reflects a smaller typical household size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. While many residents live solo, over half of the families here are couples with children.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Claremont — lower than 76% of areas.
| Claremont | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6010, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.3% of households consist of one person, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Small homes are common here, with 70.4% of households containing either one or two people.
35.3% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Claremont splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54% of families, while 12.7% are one-parent families. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.7% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Claremont, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Claremont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50296/claremont/topic/family-households