2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Spearwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Spearwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national average for single-person homes, Spearwood is a place where nearly one third of all households consist of just one person. This trend has grown over the last decade, leading to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Spearwood — lower than 71% of areas.
| Spearwood | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6163, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 30.2% of people in Spearwood live alone, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average of 25.4%. This has contributed to a decline in home size since 2011, with two-person households now being the most common at 35.3%.
30.2% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Spearwood, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 16.4% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and has barely changed over the last ten years.
16.4% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Spearwood, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Spearwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507011160/spearwood/topic/family-households