Greenfield Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Greenfield Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Crowded homes have become a hallmark of Greenfield Park, where the typical household size is now much larger than across the state. This trend is driven by a high number of multi-person homes and a very small proportion of people living by themselves.

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📍 Greenfield Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Greenfield Park sits — Average household size

3.5 → 0.0%
  • 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 Greenfield Park — higher than 95% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Greenfield Park3.5
2176, NSW 3.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Greenfield Park are well above the national figure for size, with 3.5 people per dwelling. This is reflected in the low number of single-person households, at just 12.2%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5
  • 2016: 3.7
  • 2021: 3.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

12.2% ▲ +41.4%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 12.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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No single group dominates in Greenfield Park — 2 people leads at 25%, ahead of 4 people (20%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples with children, who make up 68.4% of the total. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, accounting for 16.4% of families, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.

16.4% ▲ +10.4%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.8%
  • 2016: 17.2%
  • 2021: 16.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Greenfield Park, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; One-parent families is next at 16%.

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 Greenfield Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11767/greenfield-park/topic/family-households