2.2 ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clayfield · State Electorate
Family & Households in Clayfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Clayfield than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds just 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure. This shift towards smaller households is a key trend for the area.
2.2
▼ -21.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Clayfield — lower than 90% of areas.
| Clayfield | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen 16 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size has dropped from 2.8 people in 2011 to 2.2 today.
34.5% ▲ +87.5%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Clayfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.6% of families, while one-parent families account for 10.7%. This last group is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
10.7% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clayfield, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Clayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30019/clayfield/topic/family-households