2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Springvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Springvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Springvale, where an average of 2.9 people live in each home. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community where fewer people live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Springvale — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, household sizes are much higher than in most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 22% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
22.0% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Springvale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the area, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 57.4% of all family types.
17.3% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Springvale, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Springvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22328/springvale/topic/family-households