2.4 ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maribyrnong · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Maribyrnong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in Maribyrnong than they were in 2011, with the typical number of people per home rising from 2.1 to 2.4. While the area has seen this shift, it still has a very high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▲ +14.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Maribyrnong — lower than 71% of areas.
| Maribyrnong | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 30% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. However, this is a drop from 34.3% in 2011, and two-person homes are now the most common at 32.3%.
29.2% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maribyrnong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.8% of families. One-parent families account for 12.6%, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.6% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maribyrnong, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Maribyrnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED231/maribyrnong/topic/family-households