2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Griffith · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Griffith
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Griffith, where 2.7 people typically share a home. This is much higher than in most other similar areas. While the typical home size has stayed steady since 2011, the area remains a strong hub for families.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Griffith — higher than 86% of areas.
| Griffith | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in the typical home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 24.6% of residents live alone, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and has barely changed over the last decade.
24.6% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Griffith, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.5%, while 25.6% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.7% of the total, a figure that rose by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
13.7% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Griffith, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13450/griffith/topic/family-households