3.4 —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bennett Springs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bennett Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.4 people per home makes Bennett Springs one of the most crowded residential areas in the region. This high number is driven by a strong prevalence of large families and a very low number of people living alone.
3.4
—
- 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 Bennett Springs — higher than 93% of areas.
| Bennett Springs | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 6063, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with 24.5% of households containing four people. This helps explain why only 12% of residents live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
12.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bennett Springs splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72%, while one-parent families account for 13%. This last figure is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Western Australian average.
13.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bennett Springs, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
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 Bennett Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50110/bennett-springs/topic/family-households