3.3 ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maraylya · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living in each home than in previous years, making Maraylya a place of notably large households. The typical home here holds 3.3 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Maraylya — higher than 91% of areas.
| Maraylya | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2765, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, at just 14%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the area has some of the highest numbers of people per home in the region.
3.3 ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
14.0% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Maraylya, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 7.5%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.5% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Maraylya, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Maraylya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12494/maraylya/topic/family-households