3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Maroota · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Maroota
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in South Maroota than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where the typical household is much larger than the national figure, with 3.1 people per home.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 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 South Maroota — higher than 88% of areas.
| South Maroota | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, and only 12.2% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% national figure. The most common household size is two people, though nearly a quarter of homes contain four people.
12.2% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Maroota, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 67.5% of the community. One-parent families account for 7.7% of the total, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.7% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Maroota, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 South Maroota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13608/south-maroota/topic/family-households