3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grays Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Grays Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a defining feature of Grays Point compared to most similar areas. The typical home here holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a very high proportion of families with children and very few people living by themselves.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Grays Point — higher than 86% of areas.
| Grays Point | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2232, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 10.4% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most homes are shared, with 33.6% housing two people and 29.2% housing four people.
10.4% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Grays Point splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 4 people (29%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of the area at 69.2%. Consequently, one-parent families account for only 6.5% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.5% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Grays Point, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Grays Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11750/grays-point/topic/family-households