2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marionvale · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of all households in Marionvale are now headed by people living alone. This reflects a shift in the local domestic landscape, where a significant number of single-person homes coexist with large family units.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Marionvale — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Marionvale holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. While this is about the same as the national figure, 29.3% of households consist of just one person, a rate well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
29.3% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Marionvale splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 2 people (29%), with 5 people at 20%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 55.8%. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the state average of 13.3%.
14.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Marionvale, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Marionvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21605/marionvale/topic/family-households