2.2 ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Springsure · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Springsure
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 33.6% of people in Springsure (L) now live alone, a figure that has surged by 18 points since 2011. This shift has made the area's households smaller than those in most other regions. While many homes still house families, the trend toward single-person living is the defining change for the area.
2.2
▼ -24.1%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Springsure — lower than 64% of areas.
| Springsure | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4722, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Springsure (L) now holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is a notable drop from 2011, when the average was 2.9 people per home.
33.6% ▲ +119.4%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Springsure splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.4% of families here, while one-parent families account for 14.1%. This last figure is about the same as the national average, though it has risen 5.7 points since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +68.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Springsure, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (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 Springsure [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321096/springsure/topic/family-households