2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grantham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Grantham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Grantham than in the typical Queensland town. This is a place where most homes are shared, with a high number of couples with children making up the core of the local residential pattern.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Grantham — higher than 71% of areas.
| Grantham | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4347, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Grantham holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This larger household size is reflected in the fact that only 20.2% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
20.2% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Grantham, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up more than half of all families at 54.5%. One-parent families account for 16.0% of the total, which is much higher than in most other similar areas across the country.
16.0% ▲ +204.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Grantham, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Grantham
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Grantham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31227/grantham/topic/family-households