2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marion · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Marion
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Marion are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area reflects a typical South Australian mix of family sizes and living arrangements. Most homes are small to medium, with a steady number of people sharing each roof.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Marion — lower than 57% of areas.
| Marion | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Marion holds 2.4 people, a figure that has edged up slightly since 2011. Nearly 30% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
29.1% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Marion splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.9% of families, while 28.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 14.2%, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and sits about the same as the state and national averages.
14.2% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marion, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Marion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44060/marion/topic/family-households