2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grafton · Urban Area
Family & Households in Grafton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-person homes defines Grafton, where 32.9% of people live alone. This figure is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Overall, households in the area are smaller than those in most other parts of the country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Grafton — lower than 86% of areas.
| Grafton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Grafton has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend towards smaller households is driven by the high number of people living alone, a group that now makes up nearly a third of all homes.
32.9% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Grafton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.9% of the total, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14.0%. This proportion is among the highest for similar areas and has risen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
23.9% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Grafton, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (24%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Grafton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1015/grafton/topic/family-households