2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maroondah · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Maroondah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 61% of families in Maroondah consist of couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. Most households here are larger than in many other similar areas, with a typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Maroondah — higher than 79% of areas.
| Maroondah | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Maroondah hold 2.6 people on average, which is much higher than most areas. Around 24.9% of people live alone, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
24.9% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maroondah, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.9% of families, while 12.9% are one-parent families. This last figure is a little below the national average and has fallen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
12.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maroondah, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Maroondah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24410/maroondah/topic/family-households