2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gravesend · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gravesend
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Gravesend, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This is a bit higher than the national figure, with nearly 60% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Gravesend — higher than 76% of areas.
| Gravesend | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2401, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gravesend is busier than usual, with 2.8 people per household. While 23.9% of residents live alone, this is slightly below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.9% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gravesend, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.8% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gravesend, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Gravesend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11749/gravesend/topic/family-households