2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clarkson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Clarkson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Clarkson than in the rest of the country, with 21.3% of families fitting this description. This is a significant gap compared to the national figure of 14.1%. The area is largely made up of family homes, with over half of all families consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Clarkson — higher than 57% of areas.
| Clarkson | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6030, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Clarkson holds 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the national figure of 2.5. Fewer people live alone here (22.2%) than in Western Australia (25.4%) or across Australia (25.6%).
22.2% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Clarkson, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.3% of families in the area. One-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, sitting well above the state average of 13.5%.
21.3% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clarkson, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Clarkson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50297/clarkson/topic/family-households