2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Clifton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Clifton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in single-person households has reshaped Clifton since 2011. The town now sees a far higher proportion of people living alone than most other areas, with 38.2% of homes housing just one person. This shift has contributed to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Clifton — lower than 64% of areas.
| Clifton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4361, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Clifton are smaller than usual, with only 2.2 people per household compared to the Queensland figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person homes, which rose 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 38.2%.
38.2% ▲ +42.0%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Clifton splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.4% of the local mix, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. This proportion has grown significantly over the last decade, rising 14 percentage points since 2011.
23.4% ▲ +149.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Clifton, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (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 Clifton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315021/clifton/topic/family-households