2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maroondah · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Maroondah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Similar patterns to the state and nation define Maroondah, where family structures remain steady. Most homes are headed by couples with children, and the typical household size has held firm at 2.6 people since 2011.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Maroondah — higher than 71% of areas.
| Maroondah | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Maroondah has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. About 24.9% of households are people living alone, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
24.9% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 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 the largest group at 61.9%. One-parent families account for 12.9% of the total, which is lower than most areas and has fallen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
12.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) 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/sa3/21103/maroondah/topic/family-households