2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maribyrnong · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Maribyrnong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Maribyrnong, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than in other areas.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Maribyrnong — lower than 71% of areas.
| Maribyrnong | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home has 2.4 people, the number of people living alone has risen to 29.7% since 2011. This is much higher than the 25.6% seen across Australia.
29.7% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maribyrnong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.6% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maribyrnong, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Maribyrnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21303/maribyrnong/topic/family-households