Greystanes · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Greystanes

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live in each home in Greystanes than in most similar areas. This is a place of large households, where 65.8% of families are couples with children. Only 16% of the population lives alone, which is well below the national figure.

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Where Greystanes sits — Average household size

3.0 → 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 Greystanes — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Greystanes3.0
2145, NSW 2.9
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 3.0 people per home, household sizes here are much higher than in most areas. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 30% of homes house two people and 20.5% hold four.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.0% ▲ +14.7%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.0%
  • 2016: 15.2%
  • 2021: 16.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Greystanes, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families in Greystanes are couples with children. One-parent families make up 14.0% of the total, which is higher than in most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.

14.0% ▲ +2.2%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.7%
  • 2016: 12.7%
  • 2021: 14.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Greystanes, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 19%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Greystanes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11787/greystanes/topic/family-households