2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Markwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Markwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share each home in Markwood than in most similar areas. With the typical home housing just 2.1 people, the community has a much smaller household size than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Markwood — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. Two-person households are the most common at 43%, while about 26.2% of people live alone, a rate similar to the Victorian average.
26.2% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Markwood, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48% of families, nearly equal to those without children at 47.5%. One-parent families make up 7.8% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
7.8% ▲ +98.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Markwood splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 8%.
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 Markwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21606/markwood/topic/family-households