2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Griffith · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Griffith
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Griffith are couples with children, reflecting a strong family focus. The area has seen a shift in its living arrangements, with the number of people living alone dropping since 2011.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Griffith — higher than 71% of areas.
| Griffith | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2680, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Griffith holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. While 25.9% of households consist of one person, this figure has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
25.9% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Griffith, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.2% of families here, while one-parent families account for 14.9%. This last group is about the same as the national figure, though it has fallen by 3 percentage points over the last decade.
14.9% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Griffith, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112010/griffith/topic/family-households