2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marayong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marayong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 18% of families in Marayong are led by a single parent, which is well above the national figure. This is a place where homes are often crowded, with a typical household of 2.8 people. Most residents live in family units, though about 22.5% of people live by themselves.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Marayong — higher than 76% of areas.
| Marayong | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2148, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much more crowded than in most similar areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is slightly higher than the Australian figure of 2.5, and far fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the country.
22.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marayong, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.4% of families in the area. Single-parent families are much more common than in most other areas, sitting at 17.7%, which is well above the New South Wales average of 14%.
17.7% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marayong, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Marayong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12495/marayong/topic/family-households