2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Springhurst · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Springhurst than is typical across Victoria or Australia. The area is mainly made up of family homes, where the typical household contains 2.5 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Springhurst — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
About 24.6% of people here live alone, which is a little below the Victorian figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 44% of all homes.
2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
24.6% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Springhurst, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.3%. Only 9.7% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.7% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Springhurst, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Springhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22326/springhurst/topic/family-households