2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
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.
Fewer than 13% of people live alone in Springfield, a figure far below the national average. This makes it an area where residents are much more likely to live in larger groups than in other similar places.
2.8
→ 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 Springfield — higher than 76% of areas.
| Springfield | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5062, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Springfield are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the state's 2.4. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 41.7% of homes house two people and 18.7% hold four people.
12.3% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Springfield, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples with children, making up 56.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.0%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.0% ▲ +76.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Springfield, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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/SAL41363/springfield/topic/family-households