2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Springfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Springfield, where nearly 3 people live in the typical home. This trend is driven by a high number of families and very few people living on their own.
2.8
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- 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 Springfield — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.1% of people here live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, homes are larger than usual, with 43.5% of households containing two people and 25.8% holding four.
16.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Springfield, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.3%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, accounting for just 6.5% compared to the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
6.5% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Springfield, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22325/springfield/topic/family-households