Grantville · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Grantville

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Grantville, where 37.2% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much smaller typical home size than most other places.

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📍 Grantville, Suburb / Locality

Where Grantville sits — Average household size

2.1 → 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 Grantville — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Grantville2.1
3984, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Grantville are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very high rate of people living alone, which is far above the Victorian average.

2.1 → 0.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.2% ▲ +4.5%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 35.6%
  • 2016: 35.0%
  • 2021: 37.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Grantville splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 16.5% of the area, a figure well above the state average. While couples with children are the most common family type at 42.4%, couples without children follow closely at 40.2%.

16.5% ▼ -16.4%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.8%
  • 2016: 14.2%
  • 2021: 16.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Grantville splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 17%.

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 Grantville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21089/grantville/topic/family-households