2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meadow Springs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meadow Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Meadow Springs than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused suburb where nearly 60% of households are couples with children, making it a hub for larger households compared to the national average.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Meadow Springs — higher than 71% of areas.
| Meadow Springs | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6210, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 21.3% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national averages.
21.3% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meadow Springs, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.2% of families here. One-parent families represent 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
15.2% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meadow Springs, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Meadow Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50922/meadow-springs/topic/family-households