2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Spotswood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Spotswood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average homes make up the daily landscape of Spotswood, where 2.6 people typically live in each house. While most areas have smaller households, this suburb maintains a steady mix of family sizes and a modest number of people living alone.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Spotswood — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 31.3%, while 24.3% of residents live alone, a rate slightly below the Victorian average.
24.3% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Spotswood, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 63.0%. One-parent families account for 11.2% of the total, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
11.2% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Spotswood, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Spotswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22319/spotswood/topic/family-households