Granville · State Electorate

Family & Households in Granville

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households are a defining feature of Granville, where the number of people per home is among the highest for similar areas. With a typical home holding 2.9 people, the area has a strong focus on family living that has remained steady for over a decade.

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📍 Granville, State Electorate

Where Granville sits — Average household size

2.9 → 0.0%
  • 1.5: 1 area
  • 1.6: 0 areas
  • 1.7: 1 area
  • 1.8: 2 areas
  • 1.9: 3 areas
  • 2.0: 4 areas
  • 2.1: 7 areas
  • 2.2: 23 areas
  • 2.3: 65 areas
  • 2.4: 66 areas
  • 2.5: 72 areas
  • 2.6: 51 areas
  • 2.7: 44 areas
  • 2.8: 32 areas
  • 2.9: 28 areas
  • 3.0: 11 areas
  • 3.1: 10 areas
  • 3.2: 10 areas
  • 3.3: 2 areas
  • 3.4: 0 areas
  • 3.5: 1 area
  • 3.6: 0 areas
  • 3.7: 0 areas
  • 3.8: 0 areas
  • 3.9: 1 area
  • 4.0: 1 area
  • 4.1: 1 area

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Granville — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Granville2.9
Greater Sydney 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Few people live alone here, with only 21.7% of households being single-person homes, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size is a little above the New South Wales average.

2.9 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

21.7% ▲ +0.6%

Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 21.6%
  • 2016: 20.1%
  • 2021: 21.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Granville splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (22%), with 3 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families in Granville consist of couples with children, making up 66.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.3%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages and has fallen slightly since 2011.

14.3% ▼ -9.9%

Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 15.8%
  • 2016: 14.4%
  • 2021: 14.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Granville, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Granville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10032/granville/topic/family-households