2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maroona · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maroona
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Maroona compared to the rest of the state. This small community is defined by a strong presence of family units, with a very low rate of single-person households and one-parent families.
2.5
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- 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 Maroona — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Maroona holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 14.8% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.8% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maroona, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 48.5% having children and 47.1% without. Only 5.9% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
5.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Maroona splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Maroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21613/maroona/topic/family-households