2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Spalding · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Spalding
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of homes in Spalding are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This trend contributes to smaller households overall, with a typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Spalding — lower than 76% of areas.
| Spalding | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5454, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here at 30.3%, a figure higher than most similar areas. This helps explain why the typical household size is a little below the South Australian average of 2.4 people.
30.3% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Spalding, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children (46.3%), while 38.3% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
13.3% ▲ +140.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Spalding, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Spalding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41358/spalding/topic/family-households