2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gray · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gray
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high rate of single parenting defines the domestic life of Gray, where 31.3% of families are headed by one parent. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Most homes here are small, with a typical household containing around 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Gray — lower than 57% of areas.
| Gray | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 0830, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common in Gray, making up 32.5% of all homes. This is well above the Northern Territory figure of 23.8% and much higher than most similar areas.
32.5% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gray splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 31.3% of the local total, a figure far above both the state and national averages. Other family types include couples with children at 47.6% and couples without children at 19.9%.
31.3% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gray, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (31%) and Couples without children (20%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Gray
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70112/gray/topic/family-households