2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Three Springs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Three Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone shapes daily life in Three Springs, where 35.2% of households are single-person homes. This is well above the national figure and means the community has a higher proportion of solo dwellers than most similar areas.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Three Springs — lower than 76% of areas.
| Three Springs | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6519, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Three Springs is smaller than average, with 2.2 people per dwelling. This is a little below the state and national figure of 2.5, and reflects the high number of one and two-person households.
35.2% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Three Springs splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the area, which is much higher than in most similar places. This is a little above the 14.1% national figure, while couples with or without children make up the bulk of families.
16.4% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Three Springs splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Three Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51449/three-springs/topic/family-households