2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marrangaroo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marrangaroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 10 points fewer people live alone in Marrangaroo compared to the national figure, reflecting a community where few residents live solo. This area is defined by larger living arrangements, with the typical home holding 2.9 people.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Marrangaroo — higher than 81% of areas.
| Marrangaroo | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2790, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.9 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Only 15.6% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
15.6% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marrangaroo, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 64.9%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, at 5.5%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
5.5% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marrangaroo, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Marrangaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12512/marrangaroo/topic/family-households