2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grenfell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Grenfell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of residents live alone in Grenfell, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means that households here are typically smaller than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Grenfell — lower than 81% of areas.
| Grenfell | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2810, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Grenfell has 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the 36.2% of people living alone, a rate 11 percentage points higher than both the state and national figures.
36.2% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Grenfell splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.3% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.9%. This last figure is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
13.9% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Grenfell splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Grenfell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11782/grenfell/topic/family-households