2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
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 a third of residents in Spalding live by themselves, making it a place where single-person households are far more common than in other areas. This trend is reflected in the small typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 71% of areas.
| Spalding | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6530, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34% of people here live alone, a figure well above the state and national averages. This high number of single residents means the typical home in Spalding holds just 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas.
34.0% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Spalding splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the national and state averages. These families represent a significant portion of the area, alongside couples with children who make up 44.4% of families.
27.3% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Spalding, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by One-parent families (27%) and Couples without children (27%).
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/SAL51395/spalding/topic/family-households