2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maryvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maryvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Maryvale, where a typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone and family units are common.
2.8
—
- 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 Maryvale — higher than 76% of areas.
| Maryvale | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2820, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.2% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the usual household size is slightly above the Australian average.
15.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maryvale, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.9%. One-parent families account for 7.5%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
7.5% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maryvale, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Maryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12527/maryvale/topic/family-households