2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Spence · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Spence
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Spence are couples with children. This makes the area stand out as a family-focused place, where homes generally hold more people than the state average.
2.6
—
- 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 Spence — higher than 57% of areas.
| Spence | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5271, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Spence has 2.6 people. This is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4 and higher than most similar areas.
Household size
View on map →In Spence, 2 people is the majority at 62%; 1 person is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families are mostly couples, with 57.4% having children and 29.8% without. Only 6.4% are one-parent families, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Spence, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41360/spence/topic/family-households