2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marion · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Marion
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Marion live alone, a figure well above the national average. Most homes are small, with the typical household containing just two or three people. These trends show a residential landscape where single-person households are common, though family groups still make up the majority of the population.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Marion — lower than 71% of areas.
| Marion | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.2% of people live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a number that has edged up slightly since 2011.
29.2% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 55.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.2% of the total, which is about the same as both the state and national figures and has barely changed since 2011.
14.2% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 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/sa3/40302/marion/topic/family-households