2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Spencer Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Spencer Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people in Spencer Park live alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct community where small households and single-parent families are much more common than in other parts of the state.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Spencer Park — lower than 81% of areas.
| Spencer Park | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with typically 2.1 people per dwelling. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, driven by the fact that almost 40% of residents live by themselves.
39.6% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Spencer Park, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 41.9% and couples without children at 33.6%.
23.0% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Spencer Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (23%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Spencer Park
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Spencer Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51397/spencer-park/topic/family-households