3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Girraween · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Girraween
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Girraween than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 3.2 people. This is a family-heavy community where few people live by themselves, contributing to a household size well above the national figure.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Girraween — higher than 89% of areas.
| Girraween | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2145, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 32.4% of households containing four people. This helps explain why only 14% of residents live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
14.0% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Girraween, the largest group is 4 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 2 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly 80% of all families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 7.6%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
7.6% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Girraween, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children is next at 12%.
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 Girraween [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11640/girraween/topic/family-households