2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Three Springs · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Three Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Three Springs (L) are made up of just one person. This creates a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Three Springs — lower than 64% of areas.
| Three Springs | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6519, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.2 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a rise in people living alone, who now make up 35.2% of households—well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
35.2% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 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.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 40.2%. One-parent families make up 16.4% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen since 2011.
16.4% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 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/ucl/UCL522059/three-springs/topic/family-households