2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marlo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marlo
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 33% of people in Marlo live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinct housing pattern where small households are common and fewer people share a roof compared to most Australian towns.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Marlo — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Marlo typically house 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, which are much more common here than in most other areas.
32.8% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marlo, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families are couples with children, while 46.3% are couples without. One-parent families make up 7.2% of the total, which is well below the national figure.
7.2% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Marlo splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 Marlo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21608/marlo/topic/family-households