3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
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.
Large family homes have become the norm in Springfield since 2011, with typical households now housing 3.1 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where family living is the dominant trend.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 88% of areas.
| Springfield | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4300, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The area has a very low rate of people living alone at 12.7%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the average home here is larger than most, with 29.2% of households containing two people and 21.6% containing four.
12.7% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Springfield, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of the area at 65%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, accounting for 16.3% of households, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
16.3% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Springfield, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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/SAL32627/springfield/topic/family-households