2.7 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grassmere · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Grassmere
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Grassmere, where the typical home holds nearly three people. This is a family-focused community where a small minority of residents live on their own.
2.7
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Grassmere — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. Only 19.9% of people live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.9% ▲ +80.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Grassmere, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.8%, while one-parent families account for 11.2%. This last figure is a little below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
11.2% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Grassmere, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Grassmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21092/grassmere/topic/family-households