2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Marra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Marra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements define daily life in The Marra, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where many households are quite large.
2.9
—
- 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 The Marra — higher than 81% of areas.
| The Marra | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2831, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are bigger than most, with 20.8% of households containing six or more people. At the same time, 29.2% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
29.2% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →The Marra splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (29%), with 6 or more at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 62.3% of families having children. Only 8.2% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the 14.1% national average.
8.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Marra, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 The Marra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13845/the-marra/topic/family-households