3.3 ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maroota · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maroota
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.3 people live in each home in Maroota, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This creates a landscape dominated by large households and a very small number of people living on their own.
3.3
▲ +13.8%
- 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 Maroota — higher than 91% of areas.
| Maroota | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.4% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% national average. The largest group of households consists of two people (32%), while 17.1% of homes house five people.
14.4% ▲ +58.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maroota, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 5 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 65.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 9.8%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
9.8% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maroota, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Maroota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12510/maroota/topic/family-households