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Position Grafton as its own regional destination rather than a suburb of Byron Bay. The 2021 Census counted 10,563 residents and 4,613 private dwellings in Grafton. Those figures establish the locality's scale without pretending that resident population measures visitor demand.

For hosts in Grafton, the commercial opportunity is to own the explanation that marketplace cards compress: who the stay suits, how arrival works, what is included and why booking direct is straightforward. Separate houses represent about 76.1% of occupied private dwellings, making whole-home layout, parking, outdoor areas and family or group suitability useful points of difference.

Describe the property as a distinct regional base; Byron Bay is the nearest existing DirectStay image market, about 131 km away in straight-line terms. Use verified travel times and exact neighbourhood references only when a host supplies them; the distance quoted above is measured in a straight line, not by road.

The 2021 Census counted 10,563 residents in Grafton. That resident figure helps describe locality scale, but it does not measure visitor nights, booking intent, occupancy, rates or short-stay demand. The source data is useful for framing responsible questions, never for claiming a level of accommodation demand.

The related Junction Hill and Glenugie guides give guests wider regional context without pretending the localities are interchangeable. a Grafton page still needs address-level proof about the final approach, parking, luggage, check-in and the guest's likely destination.

A strong Grafton page should finish with one calm next step: check dates, ask a property-specific question or start a direct enquiry. Keep price, availability, payment and cancellation information consistent with the live booking system. Do not use unsupported savings, ranking or occupancy promises. The aim is a credible owned channel that complements current listings and gives the host control of the guest relationship.

Of 4,309 occupied private dwellings in Grafton, 76.1% are separate houses, 10.6% townhouses and 12.4% flats or apartments.

The commonest home in Grafton is three-bedroom at 45.5% of occupied private dwellings, with 70.8% at three bedrooms or more. The 2021 count recorded 243 one-bedroom, 923 two-bedroom, 1,961 three-bedroom and 843 four-bedroom dwellings, plus 248 with five bedrooms or more. That puts Grafton close to the Byron Bay area median of 74.5% for three-bedroom-plus stock.

In 2021, 47.2% of occupied dwellings in Grafton kept two or more motor vehicles. The split was 1,874 dwellings with one vehicle, 1,391 with two and 609 with three or more. 8.6% recorded no motor vehicle at all, so a meaningful share of the local population is not driving.

72% of work journeys from Grafton were made by car on Census day. 5.9% walked or cycled. 7% worked from home, which is a fair proxy for whether the internet here is good enough to sell a stay on.

The commonest household in Grafton is single-person, at 35.4% of households. Lone-person households are a large share at 35.4%, with 17.5% of households at four people or more. Across 2,702 families, 32.7% were couples with children, 41.4% couples without and 23.8% one-parent families.

The median age in Grafton was 44 at the 2021 Census, in line with the Byron Bay area median of 46. Households averaged 2.2 people and 0.7 persons per bedroom. Median rent was $300 a week, below the $360 median across the Byron Bay localities DirectStay covers. Median mortgage repayments were $1,348 a month. Median household income ran to $1,179 a week, against $641 for an individual.

Tenure in Grafton split 35% owned outright, 27.7% mortgaged and 33.8% rented in 2021. That is 1,458 rented dwellings in the locality count.

Every figure above describes the resident population of Grafton at the 2021 Census. None of it describes visitors, nightly rates, occupancy or short-stay supply, and it must not be presented as if it did. Its use is to set expectations a host can then confirm from the property itself: the real bedroom count and bed layout, how many vehicles the space genuinely takes and whether that space is on-title or on-street, the actual route to the door, and the house rules a street of this kind will expect around noise and turnover.

Sources: ABS 2021 Census DataPacks and ABS ASGS geography data services and ABS 2021 Census DataPacks, Suburbs and Localities tables G02 medians and averages, G29 family composition, G34 motor vehicles, G35 household composition, G36 dwelling structure, G37 tenure, G41 bedrooms and G62 travel to work. Census figures provide locality context only and do not measure short-stay demand.