2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maryborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Maryborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 40% of homes in Maryborough are occupied by just one person, making it an area with a very high number of single-person households. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical home size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Maryborough — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 39% of people here live alone, a figure far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Because of this, the usual home has just 2.1 people, which is much lower than most similar areas.
39.0% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maryborough splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest family group at 40.1%.
21.7% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Maryborough splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (37%), with One-parent families at 22%.
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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201031016/maryborough/topic/family-households