Maragle · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Maragle

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people share a roof in Maragle than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5 and the NSW average of 2.6. The area is largely made up of couples, with few single-parent families.

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📍 Maragle, Suburb / Locality

Where Maragle sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Maragle — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Maragle2.2
2653, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person households are the most common at 41%, while 25.6% of people live alone. This rate of single-person homes is about the same as the national figure.

2.2

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.6%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 25.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Maragle, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 8.7% of the community, which is well below the NSW rate of 14%. Couples without children are the largest group at 43.5%, followed closely by couples with children at 40.6%.

8.7%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Maragle splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Maragle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12493/maragle/topic/family-households