1.4 ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2021: 1.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Springfield Central · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Springfield Central
How families and households are made up across the area.
A massive shift towards small households has transformed Springfield Central since 2011. The area is now dominated by people living alone, with 68.8% of homes housing only one person. This is far above the national figure and makes the area one of the least crowded in the region.
1.4
▼ -53.3%
- 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 Springfield Central — lower than 99% of areas.
| Springfield Central | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| 4300, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much smaller than usual, with only 1.4 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This is driven by the fact that 68.8% of households are single-person, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
68.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Springfield Central, 1 person is the majority at 68%; 2 people is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families make up a smaller portion of the population, and one-parent families are less common here at 6.7%, which is well below the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples without children, who make up 68.3% of the family mix.
6.7% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Springfield Central, Couples without children is the majority at 75%; Couples with 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 Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32629/springfield-central/topic/family-households