2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grantham · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Grantham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Grantham (L), accounting for 58.1% of the local total. This is a community where households are generally larger than in most similar areas, and the proportion of one-parent families has risen significantly since 2011.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Grantham — higher than 64% of areas.
| Grantham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4347, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.5 people live in each home, which is higher than most similar areas and has increased since 2011. Meanwhile, the share of people living alone has dropped 12 points over the last decade to 24.7%.
24.7% ▼ -33.6%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Grantham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average and has grown from 10% in 2011. Couples without children form the next largest group at 32.9%.
17.4% ▲ +74.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Grantham, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Grantham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322052/grantham/topic/family-households