2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grenfell · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Grenfell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes are a standout feature of Grenfell, where the typical home holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5. The town has a high proportion of people living alone, which shapes the local housing landscape.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Grenfell — lower than 86% of areas.
| Grenfell | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2810, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 40% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why Grenfell has much fewer people per home than most other areas.
39.3% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Grenfell splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 41%, followed closely by those with children at 40.4%. One-parent families account for 15.6% of the total, which is a little above the national figure.
15.6% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Grenfell splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Grenfell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115069/grenfell/topic/family-households