Marlee · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Marlee

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Marlee than in most similar areas. This is a place where a large majority of households are couples, with very few single-person homes compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Marlee, Suburb / Locality

Where Marlee sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 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 Marlee — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Marlee2.5
2429, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 13% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 25%.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.0% ▼ -43.4%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.0%
  • 2016: 15.7%
  • 2021: 13.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Marlee, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 3 people (16%) and 1 person (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 47.2% of families here. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, at 6.2%, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.

6.2% ▼ -10.4%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 6.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Marlee, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (44%) and One-parent families (7%).

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 Marlee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12504/marlee/topic/family-households