3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marsden · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Marsden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Marsden, where 62.3% of families fit this category. This is a place of large households, with the typical home holding more people than most other areas. These family-focused trends are seen in both the size of the homes and the number of single parents living here.
3.3
▲ +3.1%
- 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 Marsden — higher than 97% of areas.
| Marsden | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4132, QLD | 3.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.3 people per home, household sizes are well above the national figure of 2.5. This helps explain why people living alone are much less common here than in most areas, at just 18.7%.
18.7% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Marsden splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 1 person (19%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.6% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
23.6% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marsden, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families 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 Marsden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311031317/marsden/topic/family-households