2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maribyrnong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maribyrnong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Maribyrnong live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinct local profile where single-person households are common, though the typical home still holds about 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Maribyrnong — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost 30% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 33.3% of all households.
29.6% ▲ +35.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maribyrnong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.2% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the state and national figures.
11.8% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maribyrnong, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Maribyrnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21604/maribyrnong/topic/family-households