2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marks Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marks Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home than in previous years, making Marks Point an area where small households are now the norm. This shift is most obvious in the high number of people living on their own, with nearly 39% of households consisting of just one person.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Marks Point — lower than 81% of areas.
| Marks Point | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2280, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 38.6% of people living alone, this is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This explains why the typical home in Marks Point has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
38.6% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marks Point, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.6% of the local total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. Other common setups include couples with children at 46.4% and couples without children at 31.5%.
20.6% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marks Point, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Marks Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12502/marks-point/topic/family-households