2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marshdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marshdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living in Marshdale is defined by a strong presence of traditional family units, with over half of all families including children. This is a rare profile for the region, as it has no one-parent families at all, making it far below the national figure.
2.5
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- 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 Marshdale — higher than 50% of areas.
| Marshdale | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2420, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Marshdale holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figure for both New South Wales and Australia.
Household size
View on map →Marshdale splits fairly evenly between 3 people (30%) and 2 people (25%), with 4 people at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.4% of families, while couples without children account for 35.1%. Notably, one-parent families are completely absent at 0.0%, which is far below the New South Wales and national rates of around 14%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marshdale, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Marshdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12518/marshdale/topic/family-households